In 2023.
People's assessor of Haidian Court.
More than 5,000 cases were tried.
Nearly 10,000 court appearances.
The judges in their robes "did their duty.
in a case.
It conveys the voice and wisdom of the people.
Participate in the whole process of trial and implement the jury mechanism of the grand collegial panel.
All stand up!”
On August 31, 2023, a seven-member collegial panel composed of three judges and four people's assessors solemnly entered the courtroom, and a case of illegal hunting was officially tried.
The seven-member collegial panel is nothing new in the Haidian court. In recent years, the Haidian court has continued to explore and implement the jury mechanism of the collegial panel, improve the public's judicial participation, give full play to the respective advantages of judges and jurors, and promote the organic unity of emotion, reason and law.
Among the four jurors who participated in the trial of this case were social workers, retired cadres who had participated in relevant legislation, and participants in public welfare environmental protection undertakings. The people's assessors earnestly verified the facts of the case, reviewed the facts, participated in the entire process of reading the case file and the trial, properly distinguishing between "determination of facts" and "application of law" during the trial, and participated in the collegiate deliberations in all directions, expressing their opinions.
Wang Yue, a people's assessor who participated in the trial of the case, said: In the attached civil public interest litigation of the case, the collegial panel unanimously agreed to the litigation request for a public apology and compensation, and held that its role was far greater than the sentence itself. We, the jurors, should give full play to the role of social conditions and public opinion, not only contribute our own experience in the trial of cases, but also vigorously publicize and promote the promotion of ecological balance, the construction of ecological civilization, and the harmonious coexistence of man and nature in social life.
"In-depth participation in the trial gives full play to professional advantages.
During the Intellectual Property Publicity Week in April this year, a number of people's assessors went to Zhongguancun Software Park and China (Zhongguancun) Intellectual Property Protection Center to participate in the circuit trial of several cases of trademark infringement and unfair competition disputes.
Jurors, certainly can't be'Jury but not trial'Target. People's assessor Liang Mingquan, who was an electrical engineer before his retirement, combined his work experience in the field of science and technology to help judges analyze cases, and strive to use his professional background to peel back the cocoon in the evidence materials and put forward insights.
In order to give full play to the advantageous role of people's assessors with professional knowledge backgrounds, while strictly implementing the mechanism for random selection of individual cases, the Haidian court has explored a mechanism for random selection of special cases, effectively protecting the rights of people's assessors to participate in trials, and constantly realizing the leapfrog shift from emphasizing the "quantity" of cases in which people's assessors participate in trials to emphasizing the "quality" of participating in trials.
Participate in a demonstration trial to comprehensively test the quality and effectiveness of jury trials.
On November 2, the Haidian People's Court carried out an observation activity of criminal case trial. Zhang Peng, vice president of the Criminal Trial Division, together with people's assessors Wei Li and Li Chaohui, formed a collegial panel in accordance with law, applied the plea leniency procedures, and openly tried the case of defendant Liu Moumou's crime of selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks.
During the trial, under the chairmanship of the presiding judge, the collegial panel conscientiously verified the voluntariness of the signing of the plea affidavit, guided the prosecution and defense to question the witnesses, and fully restored the details of the case. The prosecution and defense fully debated key issues such as the pricing method of the seized liquor, the goods **, and the calculation method of the value of the goods. The trial process was affirmed by the observers.
Improve the performance of duties and training, and enhance the ability to participate in the review.
On December 20, the three-day training of people's assessors of Haidian Court came to an end. In this training, experts were selected from the fields of civil and commercial, criminal, and administrative affairs to give concentrated lectures, and the people's assessors were given a "feast" of the rule of law.
We, the jurors, should exert our strength, which is not only a way for the people to participate in the administration of justice, but also a manifestation of responsibility. The people's assessors said that in the future, they will continue to conscientiously perform their duties as people's assessors, adhere to the bottom line of the law, and give full play to the light and heat in the field of judicial trials.
Be a good "propagandist" and tell the jurors' stories.
We, the jurors, should be 'judges', 'mediators', and 'propagandists'. In late May, on the podium of the High School Attached to the National People's Congress, people's assessor Ma Zhonglan was teaching a course on the rule of law to more than 50 students at the school.
In class, Ma Zhonglan talked about "how to become a people's assessor" and "why I want to become a people's assessor". Through vivid cases, she interpreted the role of people's assessors in participating in trials, so that students could feel the institutional function of people's assessors to bridge the gap between judicial logic and life experience, and demonstrated the fairness and justice of the judiciary.