mitigating circumstances
circumstances that may be considered to lessen the culpability of an offender
Words Nearby mitigating circumstances
- mithridatize
- miticide
- mitigate
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- mitigating
- mitigating circumstances
- mitigation
- mitiglinide
- Mitilíni
- mitis
- Mitla
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How to use mitigating circumstances in a sentence
As the term implies, mitigating circumstances are argued by the defense.
The Slain Policeman's Widow in the Mumia Abu-Jamal Case Speaks | Michael Smerconish | November 8, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Dec. 9, 1993, Jones was sentenced to death after being found guilty of multiple homicides with no mitigating circumstances.
If a fair trial is to be allowed there are mitigating circumstances to be urged.
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It | Rev. Samuel Vanderlip LeechAmong the mitigating circumstances I should be inclined to name even those which you bring in aggravation.
Leonora | Maria EdgeworthThat would be a cool proposition, I am aware, but for certain mitigating circumstances which I hasten to mention.
Living on a Little | Caroline French Benton
There were some mitigating circumstances, however, in this surgical work:—it saved a lonely journey and a large doctor bill.
Memoirs of Orange Jacobs | Orange JacobsBut in view of the fact that there are mitigating circumstances, and that you wore another fellows tie, we will suspend sentence.
For the Honor of Randall | Lester Chadwick
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