On The Nature And Reflection Of Life Imprisonment In Chinese Criminal Law

In our country's Criminal Law Amendment(9),"life imprisonment" should be regarded as apposition of non-commutation of sentence and parole,there is no other special meaning."life imprisonment" is neither an independent penalty nor a new penalty enforcement system.The essence of "life imprisonment" is commutation,the exclusionary application of parole,that is,in principle,commutation or parole should be applied to criminals who conform to the provisions of the general principles of criminal law on commutation and parole.For some major corruption and bribery crimes where the death penalty is suspended and commuted to life imprisonment,the exception shall not be applied to commutation of sentence or parole.The author believes that although life imprisonment is a powerful measure under the new anti-corruption situation,commutation of sentence,Parole is an important system of penalty execution which encourages criminals to reform actively.It is not suitable to extend the exclusionary application of parole.It should be clearly defined in the application of very few cases of individual charges.