The Power to Reduce or Delay Punishment for a Crime

question 48

Multiple Choice

The power to reduce or delay punishment for a crime is called granting

• A) clemency.
• B) a pardon.
• C) a reprieve.
• D) a reduction.

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Definitions:

Messages

Pieces of information or communication transmitted between senders and receivers.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a neuron that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Electrochemical Impulses

Biological signals that transmit information along neurons and across synapses in the nervous system, combining electrical and chemical processes.

Neurons

Specialized cells of the nervous system that transmit signals throughout the body.