Improve the quality of criminal trials

In recent times, the People's Courts at two levels of the province have implemented many solutions to improve the quality of resolving criminal cases, preventing wrongful convictions and criminals from escaping, actively contributing to crime prevention and control, and maintaining security and order in the area.

A first instance criminal trial at the Provincial People's Court.

Comrade Dinh Hai Toan, Deputy Chief Justice of the Provincial People's Court, said: To improve the efficiency and quality of all aspects of work in general, and criminal trial work in particular, the leaders of the Provincial People's Court thoroughly grasp and direct units to strictly implement documents, directives and resolutions of the Central, the sector and the province, specifically the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, the 15th Provincial Party Congress; strictly implement Resolution No. 96/2019/QH14 of the National Assembly;   Directive of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court on the implementation and organization of the key tasks of the year's work of the agencies.   Court . The provincial Court sector continues to synchronously deploy many solutions, associated with enhancing the responsibility of the unit's head. The Chief Justice of the People's Court directly assigns specific tasks and tasks to each judge in handling cases. The collective leadership of the People's Court maintains professional meetings to grasp the progress of the trial, give opinions and directions for handling difficult and complicated cases; continue to maintain and effectively implement 14 breakthrough solutions to improve the quality of trials. Proactively and creatively propose many solutions, strengthen the organization of court sessions in the spirit of judicial reform; publicize the judgments and decisions of the Court on the Electronic Information Portal; strengthen discipline and public service discipline; promote training and improve the professional skills of judges and people's assessors, regularly update information, legal documents, exchange professional skills, especially the Resolution of the Supreme People's Court Judicial Council, Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee guiding the trial, interpretation of laws, etc.

According to comrade Dinh Hai Toan, the provincial Court always focuses on building a team of cadres, especially a team of leaders and managers, a team of judges with strong political will, good moral qualities, a clean and healthy lifestyle, qualified and capable of completing assigned tasks well; strengthening coordination with prosecution agencies to speed up progress, improve the quality of handling and adjudicating criminal cases; effectively promoting the "Virtual Assistant" software, effectively serving work, tasks and expertise. Organizing criminal trials to gain experience is one of the measures to implement the requirements of judicial reform to improve the quality of adjudication, contributing to limiting wrongful convictions and letting criminals escape, which has been paid attention to by the People's Courts at two levels of the province, thereby enhancing the training of trial management skills for judges.

Comrade Bui Van Tuan, Chief Justice of the Criminal Court of the Provincial People's Court, shared: The trial and the decision of the Court are related to the political and natural life of each person, therefore, the higher the responsibility, the more the judge, in the spirit of the rule of law, makes a well-founded and reasonable decision. Through practical training and in-depth training in both professional skills and political theory, the quality of the team of judges and court clerks is increasingly improved. Judges are always proactive in the trial process, carefully study the case files, build and prepare the questioning content systematically and scientifically, conduct the trial objectively and impartially, and consider all aspects of the problem. The defense and litigation in criminal trials are focused on, creating all conditions for prosecutors, lawyers, defendants, plaintiffs, defendants and other participants in the proceedings to debate equally; Focus on fully implementing procedural powers as prescribed by law to ensure good resolution of criminal cases.

In the first 9 months of 2024, the People's Courts at two provincial levels accepted 1,175 cases/2,542 defendants, a decrease of 27 cases, 135 defendants compared to the same period in 2023 (CK); resolved and tried 1,036 cases/2,193 defendants, a decrease of 15 cases, 12 defendants CK, reaching 88.2% of the number of cases, 86.3% of the number of defendants. Although the crime situation did not increase in terms of the number of cases, the nature and criminal behavior were very complicated, the criminals were from other provinces, causing difficulties for investigation, prosecution and trial. Drug crimes, accepted 466 cases (decreased by 36 CK cases), accounting for 39.7% of the criminal cases accepted, mainly concentrated in the localities of Ha Long (121 cases), Cam Pha (68 cases), Mong Cai (57 cases). Crimes against property, 205 cases/288 defendants accepted (24 cases decreased, 27 defendants were CK), accounting for 17.4% of criminal cases; crimes against life and health, 177 cases/259 defendants accepted (13 cases increased, equal to the number of CK defendants), accounting for 15.1% of criminal cases. Defendants were minors who committed crimes, 31 cases/101 defendants accepted (6 cases decreased, 18 defendants increased).

Despite the large workload and many difficulties in performing tasks, the trial of criminal cases by the two-level People's Courts ensures that the right person, right crime, and right law are convicted, no wrongful convictions, and no criminals are left out. The punishments applied to the defendants are strict, commensurate with the nature, behavior, and personal background of the offenders in each case. The sentencing of the defendants to prison but allowing them to receive suspended sentences and non-custodial reform continues to be carefully considered and weighed by the Trial Council, ensuring that they are well-founded and in accordance with the provisions of the law. The sentences demonstrate both the strictness of the law and the leniency of the State towards first-time, less serious, repentant offenders.

For major cases, complicated cases that have attracted public attention, and have been monitored and directed by the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and the Provincial Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Anti-Negative Affairs, the Provincial People's Court has urgently studied and brought them to trial promptly, strictly, and in accordance with the law.

It can be seen that the timely and strict trial of criminal cases by the People's Courts at two levels of the province has met the requirements of fighting against crimes and law violations in the current situation, ensuring the maintenance of security and order in the province. At the same time, it has contributed to the propaganda and education of people to strictly comply with the provisions of the law, serving the local political tasks.

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