mitigation of punishment

mitigation of punishment. Criminal law. A reduction in punishment due to mitigating circumstances that reduce the criminal’s level of culpability, such as the existence of no prior convictions. See mitigating circumstance under CIRCUMSTANCE.

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译员蓉婧，欧洲知名商学院国际金融专业，专注翻译各种与美国证券法律有关的法律文件。