Mitigating circumstances - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Factors that lessen the severity or culpability of a criminal act, including, but not limited to, defendant's age or extreme mental or emotional disturbance at the time the crime was committed, mental retardation, and lack of a prior criminal record.�Recognition of particular mitigating circumstances varies by jurisdiction.�

See, e.g.�Magwood v. Patterson, 130 S.Ct. 2788 (2010).

See also

• 18 U.S.C. � 3592(a), mitigating factors to be considered in death-penalty cases
• Aggravating circumstances
• Death penalty