2009-08-08

Taiyuan Procuratorate to Implement “Arrest and Prosecution Question-Answer” System

太原市检察院试行“捕诉答疑”制度

Xinhua News, 2009-08-07

To “better guarantee parties to criminal litigation's right to know, right of expression and right of supervision over procuratorate organs,” the Taiyuan (Shanxi Province) Procuratorate will begin the trial implementation of a new “arrest and prosecution question-answer” system. Parties to cases, their close relatives, legal representatives or defenders may apply to the procuratorate with questions regarding arrest and prosecution decisions. They may also request explanations of prosecutors' procedural actions and questions of applicable law. Procuratorate offices are not, however, required to answer submitted questions and may respond to applications with a refusal to accept, accompanied with an explanation outlining the reason for rejection.

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