Judicial Reform in China s Modern Time: From Three Instances at Four Levels to Three Instances at Three Levels;

On the three instances at four levels in the late Qing Dynasty

The essence of two-tier trial system value of which is fairness and efficiency in every case can t be carried into execution until the case has been heard twice by two levels of courts.

However, the approach has only solved the problem of attribution, so we should change the review procedure of death penalty into one kind of opening legal procedure completely,namely,three-tiered system, so as to enable three-tiered to display its effectiveness truly as the last defense to guarantee the death penalty .