According to paragraph 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Procedure Law, which was revised in 20 12, "If the defendant fails to appeal in a case of first instance where the intermediate people's court sentenced him to death, it shall be reviewed by the higher people's court and submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval. If the Higher People's Court disagrees with the death penalty, it may send it back for retrial. " It can be seen that item A is correct. According to Article 345 of the Interpretation of Criminal Procedure Law: "If the defendant does not appeal and the people's procuratorate does not protest in a case of first instance where the intermediate people's court sentenced the death penalty to a suspended execution, it shall be reported to the higher people's court for approval. The Higher People's Court shall interrogate the defendant when reviewing the case of suspension of execution of death penalty. " Item b is incorrectly stated. According to Article 240th of the Criminal Procedure Law: "When reviewing a death penalty case, the Supreme People's Court shall interrogate the defendant, and the defense lawyer shall listen to the opinions of the defense lawyer if necessary. In the process of reviewing death penalty cases, the Supreme People's Procuratorate can put forward opinions to the Supreme People's Court. The Supreme People's Court should inform the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the results of the death penalty review. " Therefore, the statement of item C meets the requirements. Article 235 of the Criminal Procedure Law as amended on 20 12 stipulates: "The death penalty shall be approved by the Supreme People's Court." Therefore, item D is correct. According to the meaning of the question, item b was elected.