Mitigating Circumstances
(n) Mitigating Circumstances are the situations or conditions which compelled or influenced a person in doing a crime.
Mitigating circumstances: Those which do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
These are facts that, while not negating an offence or wrongful action, tend to show that the defendant may have had some grounds for acting the way he/she did.
mitigating circumstance - A circumstance which may be considered to reduce the degree of moral culpability, although it does not entirely justify or excuse an offense.
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mitigating circumstanceA circumstance which may reduce the degree of moral blame, though it doesn't entirely excuse an offense.
mootA case is moot when it doesn't make any difference.
Mitigating Circumstances
Extenuating circumstances that in justice and fairness may reduce the degree of damages or punishment. Mitigating circumstances do not constitute justification for a wrongful act.
mitigating circumstances
n. in criminal law, conditions or happenings which do not excuse or justify criminal conduct, ...
Mitigating Circumstances: Circumstances that may be considered to reduce the guilt of a defendant. Usually based on fairness or mercy.
Mitigating circumstances
Facts that tend to show that the defendant may have had some grounds for acting the way he/she did. Such mitigation does not negate an offence or wrongful action.
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE - Without denying the charge, the defendant raises extenuating or mitigating circumstances such as insanity, necessity, or coercion to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
The numbers of offenses were great but mitigating circumstances often limited the executions. The first execution of record took place in Virginia in 1608. The felon was George Kendall, who was hanged for aiding the Spanish, a treasonable act.
18 U.S.C. ยง 3592(b)-(d), aggravating factors to be considered in death-penalty cases
Death penalty
Mitigating circumstances
Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary ...
that the method is not deemed cruel and that the punishment is not excessive in relation to the crime. A statute mandating the death penalty is unconstitutional, however. A sentencing judge is required to consider any mitigating circumstances before ...
For example, provocation may constitute mitigating circumstances in an assault action.
Mitigation of damages: A person who sues another for damages has a duty to minimize his loss, as far as reasonable.
 See also: Person, Issue, Cause, Criminal, Court
  
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