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mitigating circumstances
plural noun
- circumstances that may be considered to lessen the culpability of an offender
Example Sentences
He said the sentence before mitigating circumstances would be eight years, but the fact Kelly had pleaded guilty entitled him to a reduction of the sentence.
These are the mitigating circumstances, but for Arteta and his players in the ruthless business at the top of the Premier League, the league table now bears a worrying look.
Magistrates adjourned the hearing for sentencing to consider if there are mitigating circumstances - "including exceptional hardship" - for not disqualifying him from driving.
Daybell’s defense, meanwhile, will try to provide the jury with mitigating circumstances that could show the panel a lighter sentence is more appropriate.
There are mitigating circumstances which apply in the situation of the elderly man who died of AKPV.
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