| In June, 2014, the 12th National People's Congress authorized the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate to implement the pilot project on fast-track sentencing in criminal procedure in 18 cities. The analysis of big data from 12,666 verdicts shows that little progress had been made in raising the efficiency of pre-trial process, although the efficiency of the trial process had been marked improved, in the pilot project. Also it is discovered in the pilot project that the basic equilibrium had been maintained between different regions in the imposition of criminal detention and fixed-term imprisonment, but there had been a large regional differences in the imposition of criminal fine and probation. In addition, the system of duty defense counsel was enhanced, but the rate of the attorney retained in cases tried by the fast-track trial procedure was still very low in the pilot project. In the future legislation on the fast-track sentencing, the term of alternative imprisonment should be shortened and the pretrial process should be speeded up. For the balance of sentencing in the trial of misdemeanor cases, legal authorities should adopt sentencing guidelines to reduce the divergence in different areas. To protect the rights of defendants in speedy trial process, judicial organs may gradually establish the mechanism for guaranteeing effective legal assistance to defendants in misdemeanor cases. |
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