Insult and defamation combined punishment for multiple crimes, Jiang Ge's mother wins private prosecution!

📅 2023-04-18 📂 Zhiming Hot CommentsZhiming Hot Comments 🏷️ #侮辱诽谤 #刑事 #刑事诉讼法 #江歌 #江秋莲

综合整理自:建瓯法院
 
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4月17日,福建省建瓯市人民法院依法不公开开庭审理了江某莲自诉林某侮辱、诽谤一案,以侮辱罪、诽谤罪,数罪并罚,判处被告人林某有期徒刑二年三个月。  

 
 

2016年11月3日,江某(江某莲之女)在日本留学期间遭其室友刘某的前男友陈某杀害。该案宣判后,林某通过其新浪微博账号“独狼独语4”等,发布系列与江某案有关的博文。江某莲认为上述博文对江某及其本人构成侮辱、诽谤,遂以林某犯侮辱罪、诽谤罪向建瓯法院提起刑事自诉。
 
法院经审理后认为,网络不是法外之地,相关言行应受到法律规制,被告人林某通过多次发布微博的方式对他人进行侮辱、诽谤,公然贬损他人人格,破坏他人名誉,情节严重,其行为已构成侮辱罪、诽谤罪,应予数罪并罚,遂依法作出上述判决。
 
 
[1] The People's Republic of China刑事诉讼法
第二百一十条 【自诉案件适用范围】
自诉案件包括下列案件:
(一) 告诉才处理的案件;
(二) 被害人有证据证明的轻微刑事案件;
(三)被害人有证据证明对被告人侵犯自己人身、财产权利的行为应当依法迫究刑事责任,而公安机关或者人民检察院不予追究被告人刑事责任的案件。
 
 
[1] The People's Republic of China刑法》
Article 246 [Crime of Insult] [Crime of Defamation]
Whoever publicly insults another person by violence or other methods, or fabricates facts to defame another person, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political rights.
The crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be handled only upon complaint, except where it seriously endangers social order or national interests.
Where an act prescribed in the first paragraph is committed through information networks, and the victim files a complaint with a people's court but has genuine difficulty in providing evidence, the people's court may request public security organs to provide assistance.
 
 
[1] The author's perspective
江歌案从发生至今一直备受关注,不仅是江歌案本身,还有一系列的网友侮辱诽谤案件。不同于江歌案的是,本案属于刑事自诉案件,根据上述法条可知,刑事案件并非只能公诉。本案的林某通过网络发布有关博文,然而却忽略了真实性,涉嫌对江歌及其母亲侮辱诽谤。由此可见,网络看似一个保护壳,实际上要追查网民的真实身份并不难,更何况法条明文规定被害人确有取证困难的,人民法院可以要求公安机关提供协助。
 
虽然随着网络信息时代的发展,越来越多的人希望通过在网络上发一些噱头从而吸引更多关注,但这个边界一定要把握好,一旦过火,不仅损害了他人的利益,自己也要付出惨痛代价。

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