Sentences with phrase «aggravating factors before»

Overall, the lesson these cases provide is that, at least in contested sentencing matters, the Crown is moving towards a practice of placing extensive factual records of all potentially aggravating factors before the courts.

In contested sentencing hearings (where the Crown and defence make separate submissions and arguments before the court), the Crown is moving towards a practice of placing extensive factual records of all potentially aggravating factors before the courts.

Not exact matches

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You collect extenuating and mitigating facts that may help negotiate a reasonable plea agreement and present those factors to the sentencing judge to call for a more lenient punishment before the judge as the sentence hearing, distinguishing this client and this case from more aggravated situations.

Despite recognizing that some other courts have reached a different conclusion, the Ohio Supreme Court held that jury's weighing of aggravating circumstances against mitigating factors is not a fact - finding process, so it is not governed by Hurst, but even if it were, there was no violation because Ohio law requires the jury to unanimously agree that aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt before the trial judge can consider imposing a death sentence.