The criminal policy of ″temper justice with mercy″ has experienced a progress from the ″combination of suppress with leniency″ to the ″combination of punishment with leniency″,and then to ″temper justice with mercy″.
宽严相济刑事政策经历了从“镇压与宽大相结合”到“惩办与宽大相结合”再到“宽严相济”的发展过程,其传统内容“首恶必办,胁从不问,坦白从宽,抗拒从严,立功折罪,立大功受奖”不能适应时代需要,宜将内容重新界定为:该宽则宽,该严则严;宽中有严,严中有宽;宽严适度,不偏不倚;宽严适时,有张有弛;多数从宽,少数从严。
Concerning on this issue, we must carry out policy, "education, reform, and rescue", at the same time, establish the principle, "education through examination,combination with education and punishment, education as main body, .
司法机关是防治未成年人犯罪的最后防线,对未成年人罪犯,要认真贯彻“教育、感化、挽救”的方针和“寓教于审、惩教结合、教育为主、惩罚为辅”的原则。