The Plea And Punishes Leniency System

Justice is the primary goal of criminal proceedings.With the promotion of human rights in the modern society,the improvement of litigation efficiency has become another value pursuit.The accused admits guilty and confesses to the truth of the case,reducing the time of investigation,review and prosecution,and the various stages of the trial,so that the judicial resources can be optimized and utilized.Plea and punishes leniency system is based on the complexity of the case,which sets up different procedures and completes the simplification and diversion of the case.The plea and punishes leniency system is not a completely new concept.Although the current legal system does not lack the specific provisions that confess guilty,there is no clear definition between them.In 2018,Article 15 of the newly amended Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that where a criminal suspect or defendant voluntarily and truthfully confesses to his or her crime,admits to the facts of the crime that he or she is charged with,and is willing to accept punishment,the criminal suspect or defendant may be granted leniency in accordance with the law.Finally,this system has it's own legal form.In judicial practice,there are many problems should be solved.Based on this,The author adopts a comparative methodology and starts from the theory of the plea and punishes leniency system and combines with the relevant provisions of the foreign plea bargaining system.The author puts forward a solution from the judicial practice of the wide system and the corresponding measures to improve the the plea and punishes leniency system,and hoping this system can get a better development.