rule of lenity
rule of lenity 从宽规则 依该规则，当对刑事法律的理解存在疑问时，应当作有利于被告人的解释，除非有证据证明立法意图与此相反。
RULE OF LENITY
rule of lenity
rule of lenity (len-[schwa]-tee). The judicial doctrine holding that a court, in construing an ambiguous criminal statute that sets out multiple or inconsistent punishments, should resolve the ambiguity in favor of the more lenient punishment. — Also termed lenity rule. [Cases: Statutes 241(1).]