认罪认罚从宽制度

Overview Commentary:

A Plea for Greater Reform and Engagement:

This article uses the introduction of China's plea leniency system, inspired by the US plea bargaining system, as a starting place for discussing the importance of 'engagement' between Chinese and foreign legal scholars more generally.

Open to negotiation? A review of China's Abridged Criminal Procedures

An overview of abridged procedure pilots in Chinese criminal cases, including how they are, and aren't like plea bargaining.

Plea Leniency Pilot Overview

A good overview of the plea leniency system in general, with a deep dive into specifics of local pilots.

Midterm Report on Plea Leniency Pilots. [CORRECTED]

Midterm Report on Plea Leniency Pilots. [CORRECTED]

A bargain at twice the speed：

A discussion of simplified procedures in Chinese criminal procedure.

【Translation Note：Throughout these translations we interchangeably use either the literal ‘admit guilt and accept punishment’ or ‘plea’ for the Chinese “认罪认罚,” and  “从宽” is translated as leniency, so that the 认罪认罚从宽制度 is the ‘plea leniency system’ etc. This is solely to avoid excessively awkward language, as translations are awkward enough.]

TRANSLATIONs

国家规定

• 全国人大常务委员会关于授权高院、高检开展刑事案件认罪认罚从宽制度试的决定
• 最高人民法院、最高人民检察院、公安部、国家安全部、司法部印发《关于在部分地区开展刑事案件认罪认罚从宽制度试点工作的办法》的通知
• 关于适用认罪认罚从宽制度的指导意见
• 人民检察院办理认罪认罚案件监督管理办法
• 认罪认罚案件听取意见同步录音录像规定

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