死刑复核程序,是指依法享有死刑核准权的人民法院,对于下级人民法院判处死刑的案件进行审核,确认下级法院对被告人死刑的判决、裁定是否正确,是否应发生法律效力的特别审判程序。死刑复核程序作为我国独具特色的司法制度,有着悠久的历史。在新中国建立之前,第二次国内革命战争时期,这一制度就已经出现,它体现了国家慎用死刑的 The death penalty review procedure refers to the people’s court that has the power to approve the death penalty according to law and examines the case of the death penalty imposed by a lower people’s court and confirms whether the lower court’s judgment on the defendant’s death sentence is correct or whether the trial should be legally binding. As the unique judicial system in our country, the review process of death penalty has a long history. Before the founding of new China, the second revolutionary civil war, this system has emerged, it reflects the state with the death penalty