Can active compensation in criminal cases reduce sentence?

Active compensation belongs to the criminal's legal obligation, which is not the legal condition for reducing the sentence after judgment, nor is it the legal condition for reducing the criminal punishment. A criminal sentenced to public surveillance, criminal detention, fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment may have his sentence reduced if he consciously abides by prison regulations and accepts education and reform during the execution period, and if he truly shows repentance or meritorious service; Those who have made one of the following major meritorious deeds shall be given a reduced sentence:

(1) Those who have prevented others from committing major criminal activities;

(2) If a major criminal activity inside or outside the prison is exposed and verified, the sentence shall be reduced.

this is the legal condition for reducing or exempting punishment. (

(2) exposing major criminal activities inside and outside the prison, which is verified by investigation;

(3) Inventing or creating a major technological innovation;

(4) sacrificing oneself to save others in daily production and life;

(5) outstanding performance in resisting natural disasters and eliminating major accidents;

(6) having made other significant contributions to the country and society.

The term actually executed after commutation shall not be less than the following period:

(1) If the sentence is sentenced to public surveillance, criminal detention or fixed-term imprisonment, it shall not be less than half of the original sentence;

(2) Life imprisonment shall not be less than 13 years;

(3) If the people's court restricts the commutation of death penalty in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 5 of this Law, it shall suspend the execution of the death penalty and commute it to life imprisonment for not less than 25 years after the expiration of the period of suspension of execution of the death penalty; After the expiration of temporary execution outside prison, if it is reduced to fixed-term imprisonment of 25 years according to law, it shall not be less than 2 years.