On Life Imprisonment As An Independent Punishment In Our Country

Life imprisonment,as the life-long freedom punishment strictly following the death penalty,has its unique nature and value,which is different from the existing ones in our country.Under the current development trend of death penalty in our country,the penalty system is also facing the requirement of scientific and rationalization.Lifelong imprisonment,as an independent sentence,embedded in our country’s penal system,may be able to promote the pace of the abolition of the death penalty,and make up for the gap caused by too lenient death penalty in our country,to make our penal system more in line with the reform trend of the modernization of criminal law.This article is divided into six parts,the text is divided into four chapters:The introduction part starts with the meaning of new life imprisonment system in our country and brings forward the meaning and value of life imprisonment embedded in our country punishment system according to the reality of punishment system in our country and advances the process of reformation of penal system in our country according to the developing trend of light punishment.The first chapter focuses on the issue of the operation and evolution of China’s penalty system.To sort out the problems arising from the legislation and judicial practice in China’s penalty system,in order to comply with the development trend of the penalty system,to solve the difficult problems of legislation and judicial practice,and to propose life imprisonment as a substitute for death penalty for embedding in our penal system,or to compensate for death penalty and death penalty.The gap between the settlement of the penalty is too severe.The second chapter briefly introduces the background and purpose of the additional life imprisonment in our country.From the system of life imprisonment of"Amendment(IX)to the Criminal Law",this article mainly analyzes the connotation and background of the additional system and brings forward the basis that the life imprisonment sentence embedded as a separate sentence in our country’s penalty system.The third chapter analyzes the penalty value of life imprisonment as an independent punishment.It affirms that life imprisonment,as an independent torture penalty,fully possesses the general function and purpose of punishment.It further analyzes the unique characteristics and values of life imprisonment and reveals the justification of life imprisonment as an independent punishment.The fourth chapter builds the scope of life imprisonment in our country.Through the investigation of the evolution of life imprisonment in foreign countries,it provides reference and reference for the application of this independent punishment in our country.Specific considerations of China’s conditions of life imprisonment and the application of a crime,through the improvement of the life imprisonment penalty,to achieve the adjustment of the penalty system.Conclusion reaffirmed in part the adjustment of the penalty system is one of the means to solve the current judicial practice,after a comprehensive examination of life imprisonment as an independent punishment of the value of the rational use and development of its role in China’s penal system to promote the modernization of criminal law in China.