| 单词 | Life imprisonment |
| 释义 | 終身監禁 Imprisonment for the term of a person’s natural life. The most severe sentence that may be passed. The general criteria for imposing a life term are (1) the offence itself must be grave enough to require a very long sentence; (2) either the nature of the offences or the defendant’s history indicates that he is a person of unstable character likely to commit such offences in the future; (3) if such offences were again committed, the consequences to others would be specially injurious, as in the case of crimes of violence or sexual offences: R v Pang Chun Wai [1993] 1 HKC 233, [1994] 1 HKCLR 137 (CA); Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap 221) ss 67B, 67C. The primary consideration is the interests of society: R v Ho Tung Shing & Ors [1994] 2 HKC 404 (CA). Where a judge is considering a sentence of life imprisonment, he should inform counsel of that fact and counsel for the defendant should then be invited to make submissions on that proposed sentence: R v Pang Chun Wai, supra. See also Commutation; Hijacking; Life sentence; Mandatory penalty; Piracy. 以某人的自然生命之長短為監禁刑期。最重的判刑。作出終身徒刑判決的一般準則為：(1) 所犯的罪行必須非常嚴重而致需要一個很長的刑期；(2) 一是罪行的性質，或者是被告人的歷史，顯示他的性格不穩定，並很有可能在未來會再次干犯罪同樣的罪行；(3) 假如該等罪行再被觸犯，對其他人的結果會是非常具傷害性的，如暴力罪行或性罪行：R v Pang Chun Wai [1993] 1 HKC 233, [1994] 1 HKCLR 137（上訴法院）；《刑事訴訟程序條例》（第221章）第67B及67C條 。主要的考慮為社會的利益：R v Ho Tung Shing & Ors [1994] 2 HKC 404（上訴法院）。凡法官考慮作出終身監禁刑罰時，他應告之大律師該事實，而被告人的大律師應被邀請就該建議刑罰作出陳述：R v Pang Chun Wai, 見上文。另見 Commutation; Hijacking; Life sentence; Mandatory penalty; Piracy。 |
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