“量刑辩论”是指人民法院审判刑事案件,应当在法庭审理过程中设立相对独立的量刑审理程序。在法庭审理过程中由审判长引导公诉人、被告人及辩护人针对影响量刑的法定或酌定量刑情节进行举证、质证,使法庭全面掌握相关量刑情节。公诉机关在庭审中可以对量刑提出建议,细化量刑幅度;被告人及辩护人针对量刑建议作出相应答辩,双方对量刑情况展开的辩论供合议庭量刑时参考。一、英美法系国家有关量刑程序 “Sentencing debate ” refers to the people’s court hearing criminal cases, should be established in the court hearing process of relatively independent sentencing. In the process of court hearing, the presiding judge shall guide the prosecutor, defendant and defender to give evidence and cross-examination to the legal or discretionary sentencing circumstances that affect sentencing, so that the court can fully grasp the circumstances of the sentencing. Prosecutorial organs in the trial can be sentencing recommendations to refine the margin of sentencing; defendants and defenders for sentencing recommendations to make a corresponding defense, the sentencing situation both parties debate for sentencing sentencing sentencing reference. First, Anglo-American countries regarding the sentencing process