《刑法修正案(八)》是在建设和谐社会的大背景下切实贯彻宽严相济刑事政策所取得的一个重大成果。我国减少部分死刑罪名不会对社会治安带来负面影响。削减死刑罪名及对老年人犯罪从宽和免死的制度设计体现了我国保留死刑、限制死刑适用的政策。 The Amendment to the Criminal Law (8) is a major achievement of effectively carrying out the criminal policy of strict and strict policies in the background of building a harmonious society. The reduction of some death sentences in our country will not have a negative impact on social order. The system of reducing the death penalty’s accusation and guilty of leniency and avoiding death for the elderly reflects our country’s policy of preserving the death penalty and restricting the application of the death penalty.