关于量刑建议的若干问题

Several Issues on Sentencing Proposal

量刑建议是检察机关在指控犯罪时就被告人应当判处的刑罚向人民法院提出的意见。量刑建议权本质上属于公诉权,同时,量刑建议也是检察机关履行审判监督职能的有效方式。检察机关提出量刑建议,有利于促进量刑公开、公正,保障司法公正,提高诉讼效率,加强审判监督,提高公诉人素质。从目前检察机关探索量刑建议的情况看,各地做法并不统一,因此,需要明确量刑建议的原则、适用范围、提出时机和形式、方法、内部审批和变更程序以及量刑问题的法庭审理程序等问题。

The sentencing proposal is a detailed opinion expressed by the procuratorial organ upon the sentence shall be received of the accused during the criminal procedure. The right of sentencing proposal belongs to the power of public prosecution, and at the same time an effective way of performing the trial supervision function of the proeuratorate. The sentencing proposal offered by the procuratorial organ is propitious to advance the open and impartiality of the measurement of penalty, guarantee the judicial justice, increase the procedural efficiency, enhance trial supervision, and improve the quality of the public prosecutors. However, relevant practice in the procuratorial organs is different from one another; therefore it should regularize the principles, applicable scope, time and form, method, interior approval and alteration procedure, and court hearing procedure concerning the measurement of penalty.