Recently, the discussion about the movie "Article 20" has continued to heat up.
The movie "Article 20" describes the provisions of Article 20 of China's Criminal Law from a realistic perspective in literary and artistic techniques. It is another masterpiece directed by director Zhang Yimou.
Article 20 of the Criminal Law is a provision on "legitimate defense", and the original text consists of three paragraphs: Where an act taken to stop an unlawful infringement is taken in order to protect the state, the public interest, or the person, property, and other rights of oneself or others from an ongoing unlawful infringement, and causes damage to the unlawful infringer, it is justified defense and does not bear criminal responsibility. Where legitimate defense clearly exceeds the necessary limit and causes major harm, criminal responsibility shall be borne, but punishment shall be commuted or waived. Anyone who takes defensive action against an ongoing crime, homicide, robbery, kidnapping, or other violent crime that seriously endangers personal safety, causing an unlawful offense, is not considered to be in excessive defense and does not bear criminal responsibility.
Although the Penal Code provides for the right of victims to defend themselves, in practice few people use legitimate self-defence to protect themselves. Therefore, Zhang Tingting, a producer of the "Supreme People's Procuratorate Film and Television Center", one of the filmmakers, described the law as a "sleeping law", she said, "At the beginning of our creation, we wanted to promote the concept of 'the law cannot give way to the lawless', activate the sleeping law, stop illegal infringement, and promote the spirit of justice and righteousness." ”
Therefore, it is very necessary for the Chinese people to use their free time to comprehensively and systematically study Article 20 of the Criminal Law and the accompanying judicial documents. Whistleblowers should learn more.
There may be *** whistleblowers here who don't understand "why do you need to learn more"?
In real life, the normal petition activities of the whistleblower are protected by law. However, due to the fact that some places do not solve the problem, in the end, the vast majority of whistleblowers will embark on the "road to Beijing". The local ** will make every effort to carry out illegal interceptions. In the process, it is not uncommon for petitioners to commit various acts of violence. The interceptors were all in large groups, and some even took the opportunity to use all kinds of means to destroy and retaliate against the petitioners. Petitioners have been injured and maimed from time to time. So, what should the petitioners do in the face of their violent and criminal acts, and in the face of the danger to life and property brought by the other party? At this time, it is necessary to resolutely take legitimate defensive measures.
One might say that it was a public official who intercepted the interview. In our country, "everyone is equal before the law", and if public officials carry out illegal and criminal activities that threaten the personal and property safety of citizens, the parties concerned can also defend themselves in accordance with the law.