2015年CRI 贩卖儿童引发网络热议 专家称惩罚必须公平公正合理

 

The viral proposals have sparked heated online discussion on appropriate punishment for child abduction and trafficking.

Wang Xizi, the deputy head of Peking University Law School, says this discussion is a good thing.

"In my opinion, the huge emotional outcry will prompt not only the government and judicial¹ departments but the whole society, to step up efforts in dealing² with the social problem. Moreover, the reposts actually are a kind of public debate on the issue, which will help to form a comprehensive legal system with emotionality and rationality to effectively eliminate such crimes. "

Experts say the rapid and wide spread of the post reflects the fact that people have long been holding these concerns.

Psychological researcher Zhu Jianjun offers his thoughts on the reasons behind the move.

"Some people forwarded the post out of fear. For those who have kids, or those who don't have kids but consider child kidnapping as quite terrible thing, they wish there could have ruthless law which can greatly reduce human trafficking cases. Thus they will obtain a sense of security."

At present, only kidnappers³ in the most serious trafficking crimes are liable for death. The minimum penalty is five years in prison.

In the end, those in favor of the posts usually blamed the current law for being too merciful to traffickers.

In response, many Chinese law professors have expressed their own opinions, and some suggest web users to recognize that some public pages may be saying these things in a bid to attract hits.

Wang Xizi with Peking University Law School, further points out that the public's emotional concern is acceptable; however, laws should be fair and rational.

"It's polarized thinking to hand down death penalty to anyone involved in human trafficking, actually, the idea needs to reach rational and fair standards in criminal law and sanctions. So the call can only be regarded as emotional expression instead of rational analysis on fighting the criminal behavior of trafficking. To present emotions is acceptable, but as for law, it's always essential to take justice, fairness and rationality into consideration."

Some lawyers think the uniform punishment also would deprive the criminal of his right to defend himself.

Still, many legal professors admit that harsher punishment for those buyers could partly solve the problem.

Figures show that in 2014, Chinese police rescued over 13-thousand children, many of whom were sold to childless families nationwide.

For CRI, I'm Wang Wei.

1 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

2 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

3 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》