量刑建议研究——以人民检察院的法定职能为视角

The System of Sentencing Proposal ——From the Perspective of Procuratorate's Legal Functions

探究量刑建议的制度来源应该从人民检察院的法定职能来考察,量刑建议性质上属于人民检察院履行公诉职能的一项活动,是人民检察院公诉活动的一项创新机制。同时量刑建议又能对人民法院的自由裁量权起到软性制约的作用。检察院在量刑建议的实践中要处理好履行公诉职能与诉讼监督、提出量刑建议与尊重审判权、合法性监督与合理性监督这三方面的关系。随着刑事诉讼法的修改,关于量刑建议的一些具体制度还有必要做出一定的调整。

Deriving from procuratorate＇ s legal functions, sentencing proposal is a part of accusation function, an important innovative mechanism of procuratorate and a soft constraint mechanism of judge＇ s Discretion. Senten- cing proposal should take into consideration of the following three kinds of relations： accusation and supervision, making proposal and respecting the court, and legal supervision and rational supervision. Therefore, the system of sentencing proposal needs to be adapted to the amendment of the criminal procedure law.