On the “Possibility” in the Text of Criminal Procedure Law

刘方权，福建师范大学法学院教授，法学博士。【中文摘要】2012年修正后的刑事诉讼法在32个条文中使用了“可能”一词。“可能”一词所指向的对象既包括面向未来的不确定状态，也指向过去曾经发生或者存在过的事实。某种“可能”的存在与否决定了某一诉讼程序是否进行，以及如何进行，但刑事诉讼法并未对如何理解、把握、证明刑事诉讼程序中的种种“可能”给予必要的指引。为了更好地发挥“可能”对刑事诉讼程序的规范功能，有必要对刑事诉讼法文本中的“可能”进行更为深入的讨论。 【Abstract】There are 32 articles using the word “possibility”in Criminal Procedure Law amended in 2012. The object of “possibility “ not only includes the uncertainty of the future state, but also the facts happened or having existed in the past. Some kind of “possibility” existing or not determines whether we carry a procedure out, and how to carry it out. But the criminal procedure law does not give the necessary guidance on how to understand,grasp and prove the “possibility”. In order to exert the regulatory function of “possibility”on the criminal procedure,it is necessary to make a more thorough study on the “possibility” in the text of the criminal procedure law