中國是世界上執行死刑最多的國家，國際學術論壇對中國死刑制 度和應用的關注日益增加。國內學者也因此對死緩制度的價値進行廣 泛硏究。本文將對104個死刑/死緩判決文書進行探索性內容分析， 提出「提示性情節權衡機制」（suggestive threshold mechanism)的定
義，建議對重大案件進行從輕和從重情節更嚴格的量化評估，對死刑 和死緩提出不同的情節量化界限，以協助死刑判決八提示性情節權 衡」也具有長遠可控性，以提高死刑的情節界限來提高死緩應用的比 例，從而達到低頻率執行死刑的目的，可成爲隨司法環境成熟性變化 的可調節政策。

China is the world’s leading country in criminal execution. There has been a growing concern in the global community about China’s capital punishment policy and practice. This paper offers a new angle in restricting China’s high execution rate - by expanding the application of a special statute called “capital punishment with two-year suspension” (CPTYS) with a “threshold mechanism.” Currently almost all of CPTYS cases were commuted to life sentences after two years. Though it is being actively utilized, the proportion of CPTYS cases only reaches a minority of all capital cases. A sample of 104 death cases transcripts from 12 courts is used to draw a modern sentencing picture that has not been documented before. Based on available information, the paper discusses the evaluation of mitigating and aggravating circumstances and how to develop a threshold for the combination of these factors to reach a CPTYS decision. By raising the threshold, the courts are able to apply a wider use of CPTYS and reduce the number of executions.