China News Service, Beijing, February 21 (Reporter Zhang Su) The movie "Article 20" focusing on "justifiable defense" in Article 20 of the Criminal Law has been a hit. Many of the plots in the film are derived from cases handled by the procuratorate. On the 21st, Tong Jianming, deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Executive Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of China, responded at a press conference.
"The film reflects the people's simple expectations for fairness and justice, and interprets the prosecutorial spirit of the new era of 'loyalty, serving the people, fairness, responsibility, and integrity'," Tong Jianming said. Prosecutors such as Han Ming and Lu Lingling portrayed in the film The image is the epitome of a prosecutor in the new era.
He said that prosecutors should regard the maintenance of fairness and justice as their fundamental professional pursuit. “They must not only pursue crimes, but also protect the innocent and defenders of justice. They must also strive to become the ideals and rule of law of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” Leader of progress."
At this meeting, the Supreme People's Procuratorate released typical cases of procuratorial organs performing their duties with high quality and efficiency. In the "Chen Cang Robbery Retrial Protest Case", the defendant Chen Cang was sentenced to death with a suspended sentence from not guilty after the Supreme People's Procuratorate protested. In the case of "the rape and murder of a homeless woman in Leshan, Sichuan", prosecutors found many doubts and the original suspect was released. For more than ten years since then, the procuratorate has continued to follow up and supervise, and the real culprit was finally arrested and brought to justice.
“The transition from a verdict of not guilty to a suspended death sentence, and the transition from suspicion of murder to acquittal reflects the procuratorate’s professional pursuit of not indulging in wrongdoing, not omitting good deeds, and maintaining social fairness and justice,” Tong Jianming said.
It is reported that in 2023, procuratorial organs, supervision and investigation agencies across the country opened and dismissed more than 130,000 cases, continued to increase supervision of criminal trials, and lodged more than 7,000 protests against criminal judgments that they believed were indeed erroneous.
Tong Jianming also said that prosecutors should implement the protection of people's rights and interests into the performance of their duties and case handling, and "avoid handling cases in a mechanical and mechanical manner." In addition, prosecutors must be good at applying the law correctly and grasping policies accurately; they must be good at handling cases according to the law and resolving conflicts; they must be good at handling each case well and consciously integrate supervision and case handling into the overall national governance pattern.
Taking the "Zhangzidao Group Co., Ltd.'s illegal disclosure of important information case" as an example, he said that the procuratorate has built a clear and complete proof system, effectively charged crimes, dug out clues about related crimes, comprehensively punished illegal crimes involving listed companies, and in order to promote capital The healthy development of the market provides legal protection. (over)