to mitigate a sentence

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• mitigate, militate — These look alikes are easily confused. Mitigate means to lessen, to soften, to moderate : Because the culprit readily confessed his guilt, the judge mitigated the sentence. Militate means to have effect or influence, to operate against or for… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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• commute — com·mute /kə myüt/ vt com·mut·ed, com·mut·ing 1: to convert (as a payment) into another form 2: to change (a penalty) to one less severe esp. out of clemency compare pardon com·mu·ta·tion /ˌkä myə tā shən/ n …   Law dictionary

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• Gregg v. Georgia — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Gregg v. Georgia ArgueDateA=March 30 ArgueDateB=31 ArgueYear=1976 DecideDate=July 2 DecideYear=1976 FullName=Troy Leon Gregg v. State of Georgia; Charles William Proffitt v. State of Florida; Jerry Lane Jurek v. State of… …   Wikipedia