The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) recently released the 60th batch of guiding cases on the supervision over the execution of criminal punishment.
These cases focus on enhancing the quality and efficiency of such supervision. They represent an effort by procuratorial organs to comprehensively implement the National People's Congress Standing Committee's review opinions concerning the SPP's report on people's procuratorates' supervision over the execution of criminal punishment, and to fully, accurately, and faithfully implement the criminal policy of tempering justice with mercy. The cases also highlight the authority and fairness of the law while emphasizing the importance of education and rehabilitation of offenders.
According to the head of the SPP's Procuratorial Department for Criminal Enforcement, the supervision over the execution of criminal punishment constitutes a vital part of procuratorial organs' legal supervision duty and is integral to the criminal enforcement process. Procuratorates nationwide have made concerted and intensified efforts to address prominent issues such as lenient law enforcement and judicial injustice in criminal punishment execution, strengthening supervision with enhanced quality and efficiency.
The three guiding cases released this time focus on the supervision of both community correction enforcement and changes in criminal punishment execution. Community correction is an important aspect of criminal punishment execution. Procuratorial organs should strengthen legal supervision over community correction measures including control orders, probation, parole, and temporary execution of punishment outside of prison, so as to effectively safeguard the order of community correction.
Changes in criminal punishment execution, which include the law-based application of sentence reductions, parole, and temporary execution of punishment outside of prison, represent an essential component of criminal punishment execution. While their proper application can promote offender rehabilitation, their unlawful application will undermine judicial fairness. Therefore, procuratorial organs should prioritize supervising changes in criminal punishment execution, correcting both improper actions and inaction.
In addition, procuratorates have strengthened collaboration with courts and judicial administrative organs to ensure the law-based and appropriate application of sentence reductions, parole, and temporary release measures. These efforts aim to facilitate the education and rehabilitation of offenders and uphold social harmony and stability.
