特赦:国家元首或者国家最高权力机关对已受罪行宣告的特定犯罪人,免除其全部或者部分刑罚的制度
special amnesty / special pardon
e.g. 为纪念抗战胜利70周年,中国特赦四类对社会不构成威胁的犯人。
In order to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the War of Resistance against Japan, China gave special amnesty to four categories of prisioners who did not pose threat to society.
类似词:
赦免:免除惩罚
to exempt somebody from punishment / to pardon somebody / exemption from punishment / pardon
e.g. 那些有重大立功表现的人,获得减轻惩罚或者得到赦免。
Those who performed major meritorious service were given a mitigated punishment or granted an exemption from punishment.
大赦:国家元首或者国家最高权力机关对某一范围内的罪犯一律予以赦免的制度
general amnesty / general pardon
e.g. 这个拉丁美洲国家政府大赦了因政治罪名被判刑的人。
The government of the Latin American country granted a general pardon to those who were sentenced to imprisonment for political offenses.
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