A Discussion on Criminal Pretrial Conference System

The newly revisedCriminal Procedure Lawestablishes a system of pretrial conference.As an important part of pretrial procedure preparation,pretrial conference is of importance to enhancing litigation efficiency and guaranteeing procedural and substantive justice.From its functional perspective,pretrial conference could adjudicate procedural items,exclude illegal evidences,and collate evidences to clarify the focus of dispute.Since the stipulations of the new Criminal Procedure Law is a bit too general,the paper proposes that clarification be made in judicial interpretations concerning pretrial conference's scope,the starter,the time,the chair and participants,the contents,the result and the effect,etc.