In what cases is the sentence reduced?

Reply:

Punishment is the most severe coercive measure of the State, prescribed in the Penal Code, decided by the Court to be applied to criminals (including individuals or commercial legal entities) to deprive or limit the rights and interests of that person.

Reducing the sentence imposed is the Court's decision to reduce the time of serving the sentence based on the request of agencies, organizations, and local authorities assigned with direct responsibility for supervising and educating the offender.

A person will be granted a reduction in the time of serving the sentence by the Court if during the time of serving the sentence the offender shows many improvements and actively complies with the regulations.

Article 63,The 2015 Penal Code stipulatesreduce the sentence imposed as follows:

1. A person sentenced to non-custodial reform, fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment, if he/she has served the sentence for a certain period of time, has made significant progress and has partially compensated for his/her civil obligations, then upon the request of the competent criminal enforcement agency, the Court may decide to reduce the sentence term. The time served for the first reduction is one-third of the sentence for non-custodial reform, fixed-term imprisonment, and 12 years for life imprisonment.

2. A person may be reduced multiple times, but must ensure that he/she serves half of the sentence. A person sentenced to life imprisonment shall have his/her sentence reduced to 30 years for the first time, and even if reduced multiple times, he/she must ensure that the actual period of serving the sentence is 20 years.

3. In case a person is convicted of multiple crimes, including a crime punishable by life imprisonment, the Court shall only consider reducing the sentence for the first time to 30 years in prison after serving 15 years in prison. Even if the sentence is reduced multiple times, the actual time served must still be 25 years.

4. For a person who has had a part of his/her sentence reduced but then commits a new, less serious crime intentionally, the Court will only consider the first reduction after that person has served half of the total sentence.

5. For a person who has had a part of his/her sentence reduced but commits a new serious, very serious or especially serious crime, the Court shall only consider the first reduction after that person has served two-thirds of the total sentence, or in the case where the total sentence is life imprisonment, the consideration of sentence reduction shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Clause 3 of this Article.

6. For a person sentenced to death who is granted pardon or a person sentenced to death in the case specified in Point b or Point c, Clause 3, Article 40 of this Code, the time served for the first reduction is 25 years and even if reduced many times, the actual time served for the sentence must still be 30 years.