【新唐人2011年4月23日讯】大学生药家鑫去年10月份驾车撞倒一名骑机车的女性后，不但没有将被害人送医，反而拿出尖刀将伤者刺杀，西安市法院4月22号判处药家鑫死刑。有评论者认为：这是“民意的胜利”，也有人指出，这是正常的法律判决。学者认为：这起案件之所以激起舆论的强烈回响，正反映出社会的不正常，下面来听一听各界人士的看法。
西安音乐学院大三学生药家鑫被判“故意杀人罪”，处以死刑。并赔偿被害人家属45,000多元。
北京宪政学者陈永苗认为这是“一次民意的胜利”。在此之前，中央电视台、公安大学教授等为药家鑫的辩护，令民众隐约感到法律将再次向特权阶层倾斜，因而爆发了舆论的大论战。
中国天网人权事务中心义工蒲飞认为，这个案件的判决，并非法制的胜利，而只是法制的正常。一个健康的国家法制不需要胜利，只需要正常。
大陆诗人，文化学者叶匡政也认为，这样一个事实清楚的杀人案件，却成为舆论和媒体讨论的热点话题，其实反映出社会的不正常。大家都在就某个事件，来表达对法律的怀疑和对政府的怀疑。另外，许多更加重大的话题却不被允许讨论。
叶匡政：“我更关心的是，为什么这一类根本不值得争议的事情，何以会成为我们大家不断讨论的一个案件？其实他是来源于我们目前，无论是媒体也好，由于政府的言论管制空间越来越大，导致媒体涉及的公共议题的空间也越来越小……我觉得民众的争议是出自于对当下法律的这种，可以讲法律的公正或法律正义性的怀疑。”
虽然这个判决给了受害人和法律平等的一个交代。但是这个案件背后的社会因素却令人反省。一个大学生，为何如此没有道德底线，如此残忍的杀人，在交通肇事后想到的不是救人，而是杀人灭口。背后究竟是什么样的社会思潮和教育理念造成了他残忍的行为？
陈永苗认为，问题和教育没有关系，而是与中国现有的政治体制形成的特权意识有关。“药家鑫案”成为中国阶级矛盾和政治矛盾，不可调和的一个标志。
陈永苗：“你就可以轻易看到，官二代、富二代、军二代以及他们的父母，实际上不把自己当作一个人，也不把弱势者，受害者当作一个人，他没有一个正常的人的理智理性，来交往 来形成关系。实际上他把自己当做神或当作一个特权者，然后他把民众看作一个蝼蚁，或者不值得认真对待的一群动物。他不是一个教育问题，而是一个特权意识形成的阶级仇恨问题。”
3月23号药家鑫故意杀人案开庭审理时，药家鑫的律师曾经以“激情杀人”为他辩护。法官在判决后接受媒体采访时表示，“激情杀人”一般是指由于被害人的不当言行，引起被告人的激愤，而实施杀害被害人的行为。而药家鑫是在开车撞到被害人后，为逃避法律责任进行“杀人灭口”行为，不属于“激情杀人”。
药家鑫去年10月20号深夜，在探访女友回家的路上，开车撞倒26岁的张妙，因为担心张妙记下自己的脸及车牌，药家鑫再砍张妙8刀后逃逸，但他后来又连撞2人，被人围堵抓到。不过，这个案子从事发到审理，拖了5个月才开庭，六个月后判决。
新唐人记者秦雪、吴慧真采访报导。
An Ordinary Case in an Abnormal Society
After a university student hit a motorcyclist in 2010,
instead of taking the victim to a hospital,
he stabbed the victim to death.
He received a death penalty on April 22, 2011.
This ordinary case provoked heated debates.
Some believe this reflects that the society is abnormal.
Yao Jiaxin, a junior at Xi’an Conservatory of Music,
was sentenced to death for “intentional homicide”.
He will pay RMB 45,000 to the victim’s family.
Beijing constitutional scholar Chen Yongmiao thinks
that this is a “victory for public opinions”.
Before his trial, the government’s mouthpiece CCTV
and some professors had come to Yao’s defense.
People felt that the law favored the privileged class.
A huge public controversy soon followed.
Pu Fei, a volunteer at China’s rights org SkyNet,
believes that the verdict reflects a normal legal system,
which needs proper functioning, not victories.
Poet and scholar Ye Kuangzheng believes that
when a clear-cut case becomes a controversial topic,
it reflects an abnormal society.
People take an incident to express their suspicions
towards the legal system and the government.
Also, discussions of many serious topics are not allowed.
Ye: I’m more concerned about why a trivial thing has
turned into a controversy with continued discussions?
It is due to worsening speech control by authorities.
With a tighter control, there are fewer debatable topics.
Debates stem from the public’s suspicions of the law.
Although the verdict reflects the legal equality,
but the underlying social factors call for introspection.
Why does a college student have no moral base line?
After the accident, he didn’t think of saving the victim,
but to silence the victim by killing her.
What kind of social mentality and education
has molded him to behave like that?
Chen believes, the issue has little to do with education
but due to the unique privilege consciousness
and the political system in China.
Yao’s case marks the unsolvable class conflicts
and political conflicts in China.
Chen: You can easily tell that the second generations
of the officials, the rich and the military officials
don’t treat the powerless or victims as people.
They have no normal rationale to bond with others.
They see themselves as almighty and privileged.
They treat the masses as ants or animals.
It is not a matter of education but class hatred
formed within the privileged minds.
On his trial held on March 23, Yao’s lawyer made
a “passion killing” argument in his defense.
In an interview after the trial, the judge said,
“Passion killing is due to the victim’s improper behavior
provoking the defendant to carry out the crime.
However, Yao intentionally killed the victim
to avoid legal liability. It is not passion killing.”
Yao was on his way home after visiting his girlfriend
On October 20, 2010, when he hit Zhang Miao, 26.
Yao was afraid that Zhang would remember his face
and his license plate number. So he stabbed her 8 times.
When escaping from the scene, he hit 2 more people
and was stopped by people and was arrested.
It took 6 months for the verdict to be delivered.
NTD reporters Qin Xue and Wu Huizhen。
