摘要
为了进一步深化刑事审判方式改革，把《刑事诉讼法》关于二审刑事案件开庭审理的要求落实到位，切实发挥死刑二审程序的把关作用，确保死刑案件的审判质量，为最高人民法院2007年1月1日顺利收回死刑核准权打下坚实的基础，最高人民法院在2005年发布的二五改革纲要和开于死刑二审案件开庭审理的通知中．
With a view to further deepening reform of the system of criminal adjudication, practically implementing the requirement of the Criminal Procedure Law for open court hearing of criminal cases of second instance, practically giving play to the control role of the procedure of second-instance trial of deathsentence cases, ensuring the quality of adjudication of death-sentence cases, and well paving the way for the Supreme People＇s Court＇s smooth retrieval of the exclusive power over the review and approval of death sentences on July 1, 2007, the Supreme People＇s Court issued an outline of program for reform in a second five-year period and a notice on open court trial of second-instance death-sentence cases in 2005, for the first time providing strict requirement for open court trial of secondinstance death-sentence cases. Besides,
