In the case of having to suspend the investigation of the accused due to no crime
On September 5, at the 49th session, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the 2025 work reports of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court (SPC), Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy (SPP).
Reviewing the report of the Director of the Procuracy on the work of the Procuracy, Chairman of the National Assembly's Law and Justice Committee Hoang Thanh Tung stated that the work of the Procuracies at all levels continued to achieve many remarkable results.
The rate of timely prosecution, correct prosecution of crimes, the rate of appeal, director of appraisal and re-examination of criminal cases, the rate of appeal, director of appraisal and re-examination of civil cases and issues; the rate of appeal for administrative cases accepted by the Court exceeds the target assigned by the National Assembly.
Chairman Hoang Thanh Tung said that according to the report, there were no cases prosecuted by the Procuracy but the First instance Court declared him not guilty. The rate of investigation and discovery of crimes by the Investigation Agency of the Supreme People's Procuracy exceeded the target assigned by the National Assembly.
However, there are still cases where the investigation of the accused must be suspended due to no crime, the behavior does not constitute a crime or the investigation period expires and the accused cannot prove a crime.
Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung suggested that the Supreme People's Procuracy synthesize the difficulties of the Supreme People's Procuracies at all levels in the process of reorganizing the apparatus to resolve them according to its authority or recommend competent authorities to pay attention and support.
The entire term of not convicting innocent people is a huge achievement
Regarding the report of the Chief Justice of the SPP on the work of the Courts, the Standing Committee of the Law and Justice Committee found that, along with the complicated crime situation, civil disputes and administrative complaints have all increased compared to the same period last year.
Basically, the cases have been tried and resolved by courts at all levels within the prescribed time limit. In general, the quality of the trial is guaranteed; the rate of judgments being canceled or amended due to subjective reasons meets the requirements of the National Assembly.
The trial of criminal cases is guaranteed to be strict; the rate of criminal case settlement reached 87.64%, higher than the same period in 2024; there were no cases of wrongful conviction of innocent people or escaping from crime.
The settlement of civil cases basically ensures the legitimate rights and interests of the parties involved. The trial of administrative cases has made more progress than in 2024. The settlement of the petition for review and re-examination requested many efforts.
The People's Court sector has urgently completed the arrangement of the apparatus, allocating the staff of Judges, cadres and civil servants to each Court according to regulations. Law-making and digital transformation in the People's Court sector continue to be promoted.
However, the rate of handling civil cases, administrative cases and handling requests for appraisal and re-appointment by the director has not met the target assigned by the National Assembly; the rate of administrative cases canceled or amended due to subjective reasons is still high (3.02%).
Regarding the trial of the Court, Permanent Deputy Head of the National Assembly's Petition and Supervision Committee Le Thi Nga said that there is a prominent feature that in the past term, no innocent people were wrongly convicted.
"We think this is a huge achievement, because we have handled tens of thousands of cases a year but throughout the term we have not unjustly sentenced any cases. This is different from other terms of the National Assembly with some unjust sentences, Ms. Le Thi Nga commented and said that this is a great achievement for the Court and the Procuracy.
