沉默自由、诉辩交易与坦白从宽

在刑事诉讼程序中维护犯罪嫌疑人的基本权利，揭露和追究犯罪，始终是个两难的命题。根植于西方法律文化的沉默自由、诉辩交易等制度固然值得我们研究、借鉴甚至合理引进，但这一过程将不会是短暂和平直的，我国多年实施的坦白从宽原则值得重新认真研究，丰富其内容，明确其规定，使之发挥重要作用。

Freedom of Silence Plea Bargaining and Lighter Sentence for Telling the Truth

It is always a difficult choice to make between how to protect the suspect's fundamental right and how to reveal the crime in criminal procedings. The legal systems such as the right of silence and plea bargaining based on the western legal culture are worth studying and introducing rationally. However,it would not be an easy shortcut.The principle of our country that the suspect will receive a lighter sentence if he tells the truth,has been implemented for many years and it is worth restudying conscientiously. We must enrich its connotation and be clear about its regulations so as to make it play an even more important role.