. Section 6 –Grounds reducing the punishment (515/2003) The following are grounds for reducing the punishment: (1) significant pressure, threat or a similar influence that has affected the commission of the offence, (2) strong empathy or an exceptional and sudden temptation that has led to the offence, the exceptionally great contribution of the injured party or a corresponding circumstance that has been conducive to decreasing the capability of the offender to conform to the law, (3) reconciliation between the offender and the injured person, other attempts of the offender to prevent or remove the effects of the offence or his or her attempt to further the clearing up of the offence, and (4) the grounds mentioned in section 8(1) and (3). Section 7 – Grounds mitigating the punishment (515/2003) In addition to what is provided above in section 6, grounds mitigating the punishment that are also to be taken into consideration are (1) another consequence to the offender of the offence or of the sentence, (2) the advanced age, poor health or other personal circumstances of the offender, and (3) a considerably long period that has passed since the commission of the offence, if the punishment that accords with established practice would for these reason lead to an unreasonable or exceptionally detrimental result. Section 8 – Mitigation of the penal latitude (515/2003) (1) The sentence is determined in accordance with a mitigated penal latitude if (1) the offender has committed the offence below the age of 18 years, (2) the offence has remained an attempt, (3) the offender is convicted as an abettor in an offence, through application of the provisions of Chapter 5, section 6, or his or her complicity in the offence is otherwise clearly less than that of other accomplices, (4) the offence has been committed in circumstances that closely resemble those that lead to the application of grounds for exemption from liability, or (5) there are special reasons for this pursuant to section 6 or 7 or on other exceptional grounds, mentioned in the sentence. (2) In determining the punishment pursuant to subsection 1, at most three fourths of the maximum sentence of imprisonment or fine and at least the minimum sentence provided for the offence may be imposed on the offender. If the offence is punishable by life imprisonment, the maximum punishment is instead twelve years of imprisonment and the minimum punishment is two years of imprisonment.