"reduced punishment" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used in legal or disciplinary contexts to refer to a lesser penalty or consequence for a wrongdoing or offense. Example: The defendant's lawyer argued for reduced punishment, claiming that their client had shown genuine remorse and was willing to make amends for their actions.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency could offer Gatlin a chance at a reduced punishment if he cooperates with an investigation of Graham.
The emphasis is usually on charitable contributions and close family ties to show that a reduced punishment reflects the sentencing factor to "provide just punishment for the offense".
Whether that means insider trading should be treated as less serious, with a commensurately reduced punishment, will be reflected in Judge Holwell's sentencing decision.
A positive test for a performance-enhancing drug usually results in an 80-game suspension, but Major League Baseball and the players' union agreed to the reduced punishment after Mondesi showed the steroid came from cold medicine.
According to the World Anti-Doping Code, an athlete might be eligible for a reduced punishment if he fully confesses and details how he doped, who helped him dope and how he got away with doping.
Moreover, it has been argued that reduced punishment sensitivity and heightened reward dependency are crucially involved in the etiology and maintenance of psychopathy.
The present study demonstrates that an apparent enhanced sensitivity to misleading punishing feedback and reduced punishment-induced response suppression are both present following localized 5,7-DHT-induced depletions of 5-HT in the amygdala of nonhuman primates.
PUNISHMENT REDUCED Tampa Bay safety Dashon Goldson's one-game suspension for a helmet-to-helmet hit was reduced to a $100,000 fine.
Typically, in these cichlids and in cooparatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta, subordinates preparing for dispersal reduce helping [ 28, 29], which might be explained by reduced costs of potential punishment by eviction [ 30, 31].
Previous studies have found that the abnormal feeling state in patients with MDD may bias their decision-making behaviors, as evidenced from altered sensitivity to reward and punishment [ 4- 7], reduced experiences of regret [ 8], and poor decision performance [ 9].
Other traits characteristic for individuals with CU traits such as reduced empathy and a lower punishment sensitivity have been associated with reduced cortisol levels as well [ 22].
