減げん刑けい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

reduction of penalty; commutation of sentence

Legal term for reducing a prison term or other punishment, often by official decision. Used both as a noun and with する.

• 裁さい判ばん官かんは被ひ告こくの反はん省せいを考こう慮りょして減げん刑けいを認みとめた。

  The judge granted a reduction of the sentence in consideration of the defendant's remorse.

• 刑けい期きが減げん刑けいされる見み込こみは低ひくい。

  The chances of the prison term being commuted are low.