The death penalty checking system has evolved to the death penalty trial system for two thousand year s development from Han to Qing Dynasties.

For macroscopic and long-term consideration,the system of examining last instance three times including death penalty checking should be constructed.

The power of judicial review of death sentences has been taken back to the Supreme Court through years efforts by both theory and practice circles.

Procedure for judicial review of death sentences, as a specialprocedure independent from the procedure of the secondinstance being the final instance, is unique in the world judicialsystem, and is the last procedural protective screen whileChina adopts death sentences cautiously.

The system of judicial review of death sentence performs its function in restricting the application of death penalty.

The policy of "cautious kills, tentative kills and prevention of wrong kills" is the goal of the judicial review of death sentence, as a unique procedure in our country, the judicial review of death sentence play an positive role in its every phase.

There exist many problems in the practice of current death penalty review proceedings affected by the Chinese traditional criminal procedural values.

Current death penalty review process is not integrity and not "closed" losing the nature of judicial power.