“依法严厉打击”? 读一些政法新闻,经常读到“依法严厉打击”一类的字眼,这类字眼有时甚至出现在一些司法机关的正式公开文本中。对此笔者一直不以为然,但三言两语又难以说清。近读《中国青年报》的一则短评,才得以了然。原文找不到了,但大意还记得:按照法律规定,犯了什么罪,就定什么罪,犯了多大罪,就判什么刑,这就是“依法”。在“依法”的层面上打击,本不存在“严厉”问题,一 “Striking hard according to law”? Reading some political and legal news, we often read the words “severely cracked down according to law” and sometimes even appear in the official public documents of some judicial organs. I have been displeased with this, but it is difficult to say a few words. It was only a short review of the recent “China Youth Daily”. The original can not be found, but the effect still recalls: According to the law, what crimes have been committed, what is the crime committed, how many crimes committed, what is sentenced to punishment, which is “according to law.” At the level of “according to law”, there is no “severe” issue. First,