【摘要】刑事错案历来为司法公正所不容。笔者从赵作海案件为切入口，引出对刑事错案问题的探究和思考。为了尽量避免刑事错案发生，笔者力求从多方面探索预防刑事错案的途径。重点是基于刑事错案的形成原因来探究防范机制和法律救济措施。从清“源”治“根”两个方面着手，尽可能从程序角度来预防刑事错案的发生，同时也希望能够降低其社会危害性。本文突出在于从刑事错案的成因和防范救济方面，提出切实而且有价值的观点。尤其对于刑事错案的成因，笔者较为赞同是从证据角度来找出错案的根源；对于刑事防范和救济方面，笔者通过借鉴国内外各种卓有成效的方式，提出一些可行性的建议。

【关键词】 刑事错案 司法鉴定 证据审查 法律救济 

【Abstract】The misjudged criminal cases frequently exist in the judicial field, which have irreparable damaged the rule of law. To avoid them, this thesis tries to explore the misjudged criminal cases from various aspects. The focal points are the reasons about the misjudged criminal cases and how to avoid them. From the beginning to the end, the author tries her best to control them to happen as well as to reduce their harmess as far as possible. This thesise is mainly focused on the reasons of misjudged criminal cases and how to prevent and relief them. The author comes up with some valuable suggestions to the argument. Especially for reasons to misjudged criminal cases, the author agrees to the evidence is the key factor. In order to prevent and relieve the misjudged criminal cases, the author tries to take some examples at home or abroad try to provide some feasible suggestions.

【Key words】Misjudged criminal cases; Judicial expertise; Examination of evidence; Legal remedy