Also known as commutation law, commute a sentence, commutation of sentence, reduction of sentence, commuting a sentence, commuted a sentence
substitution of a lesser penalty for that given after a conviction for a crime
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减刑指的是对符合一定条件的犯人缩短刑期。减刑是從寬處分(clemency)的一種形式,且和赦免相關,一些看法更認為減刑是赦免的一種;但和多數形式的赦免不同的是,减刑不會影響一個罪犯是否有罪的事實,而赦免可能使得罪犯從有罪變成無罪。
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