Research On The System Of Archiving Juvenile Criminal Record

On September 3,2015,the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued an amnesty for four categories of persons,including those who were under 18 years of age at the time of the crime and those underage persons sentenced to less than three years in prison(excluding murder,rape,drug trafficking and terrorist crimes).Thus,the state is paying more and more attention to saving and teaching juvenile offenders.According to article 275 of the revised Criminal Procedure Law of 2012 stipulates: "When the criminal is under 18 years of age at the time of the crime and sentenced to less than 5 years of imprisonment,the relevant criminal record shall be sealed up and shall not be provided to any unit or individual,except that the judicial organ shall,for the purpose of handling the case or the unit concerned,make inquiries in accordance with the State provisions,and the units that have inquired according to law shall keep the confidentiality of the archived criminal record.” It indicated that the system of archiving juvenile criminal record was formally established,but for the contents of the law,only the object of the system,the legal effect and the application of exceptions for the principles of the rules were explained while the refinement of the rules were not further explained.As a juvenile trial judge,I hope to be able to do some exploration and reflection on this subject,and try to put forward some practical sealing measures in the judicial practice,and ensure the healthy growth of juvenile criminals physically and mentally.