政治因素對於賄選訴訟案件的可能影響：司法專業人士的觀點分析

Political Influences on Vote-Buying Verdicts in Taiwan: Perspectives and Evaluations from Legal Experts

在台灣民主政治發展過程，儘管司法體系扮演的角色益形重要，然而社會大眾對其信賴程度似乎仍有待提升，受到政治因素影響法官獨立審判的質疑更是時有所聞。舉例來說，對於台灣選舉買票風氣的問題，民間普遍認定的賄選訴訟印象，譬如「法院是國民黨開的」、「一審重判，二審減半，三審不算」、「有關係就沒關係，沒關係就有關係」、「當選過關，落選被關」等，這些調侃性謔語對於司法公信具有相當的損傷。鑑此，作者檢視「政黨」、「司法程序」、「關係背景」、「當選與否」等因素，為何讓社會大眾產生「司法審判容易受到政治因素影響」的負面觀感。

In the trajectory of Taiwan’s democratization, the judicial system has long been entangled in the political conflict, and the general public does not seem to trust the judiciary to be independent of political influences. Some folk sayings about the courts reveal the negative stereotypes of vote-buying verdicts; for example, “the courts are dominated by the Kuomintang;” “at the first trial a heavy sentence is passed, at the second trial the sentence is halved, and at the third trial the case is quashed;”