Sentences with phrase «as a mitigating factor for»

Yet, if we accept this logic, should the legal system in turn accept low RHR as a mitigating factor for the commission of serious violence?

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A spokesman for the British judiciary told Business Insider that Sikorska's sentence was «not unusual,» considering the model's «mitigating factors,» such as her jobs and ongoing education.

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She showed that once people feel a sense of disgust, it is difficult for them to take into account mitigating factors important in the process of law, such as the intentions of the people involved in a case.

One mitigating factor for some coastal nations that are still developing, such as Belize and Indonesia, is that they generally have committed fewer resources to the coastline than their developed counterparts — Australia, for example, or the United States, with such vulnerable cities as Galveston and Miami.

The study notes its most important limitation is that although researchers accounted for parental socioeconomic status, they could not adjust for other mitigating factors such as parental criminal histories or experiences of abuse by those in the study group.

«To mitigate the effects of climate change, we can talk about two types of options: to attack it at its origin, by eliminating or reducing the human factors that contribute to it (such as, reducing emissions, controlling pollution, etc.) or developing strategies that allow for its effects to be reduced, such as, in the case that concerns us, increasing green areas in cities, using, for example, the tops of buildings as green roofs,» states the University of Seville researcher, Luis Pérez Urrestarazu.

«Autism spectrum disorders are lifelong conditions for which there is no cure and limited treatment options, so there is an urgent need to identify any risk factors that we could mitigate, such as pollution,» said lead author Evelyn Talbott, Dr.P.H., professor of epidemiology at Pitt Public Health.

It is widely known that the terrestrial biosphere (the collective term for all the world's land vegetation, soil, etc.) is an important factor in mitigating climate change, as it absorbs around 20 % of all fossil fuel CO2 emissions.

Hence, why I might have ended up a serial killer, prone to losing myself in paranoid rage or jealousy, were it not for the influence of my sun, which happens to sit at the perfect angle to serve as a «mitigating factor.»

As for features, the device is simple but practical: SD card support guarantees easy storage of eBooks and music (it's an MP3 players too), and Foxit, a company most famous for its lightweight PDF software, guarantees the device will read PDFs very well — a factor that help mitigate the reader's lack of a Whispernet - type service.

I don't know if that's because its hardware was inherently more flawed, or a symptom of marketplace realities (the expense of console development conditions against console exclusives for third parties, as well as against experimentation, while DS development had neither of those mitigating factors).

It has certainly not been (and will not be) done by a political group, such as the IPCC, with its myopic brief to concentrate on human climate forcing factors, resulting projections for the future and recommendations for mitigating actions.

And it doesn't feel like a stretch to make other connections; most of these lifestyle factors play into mitigating risk for numerous other diseases as well.

When we represent you, we look for mitigating factors such as self - defense and seek to have inadmissible evidence suppressed at trial.

Needless to say, the associate was eventually caught and despite alleging mitigating factors — such as anxiety disorder and youth and inexperience — he was suspended from the practice of law for three years.

Penalties for a conviction of voyeurism will vary depending on the specific circumstances of the offence, and the characteristics of the offender and complainant, as well as the presence of any aggravating or mitigating factors.

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.

They could probably be tried for murder - the blackmail might be considered as a mitigating factor in sentencing.

(ii) The matters to be dealt with are: - the aggravating and mitigating factors of the offence (not personal mitigation); - any statutory provisions relevant to the offender and the offence under consideration so that the judge is made aware of any statutory limitations on sentencing; - any relevant sentencing guidelines and guideline cases; - identifying any victim personal statement or other information available to the prosecution advocate about the impact of the offence on the victim; - where appropriate, any evidence of the impact of the offending on a community; - an indication, where applicable, of an intention to apply for any ancillary orders, such as anti-social behaviour orders and confiscation orders, and so far as possible, indicating the nature of the order to be sought.

However, that did not mean that a reasonable belief that the victim was 16 or over could not be a mitigating factor for a person over the age of 18 but the older the offender the less relevant a mistake as to age, even if reasonably held, would be.

(An employee's history as a target of harassment can be a mitigating factor, but we don't even know if there is something to be mitigated here, and a mitigating factor has only relative importance; if someone murders someone else at the office, for example, the fact that the murderer was the target of harassment is not going to let the murderer escape being fired.)

[6] We accept, as did the sentencing judge, that the sentencing range for the offence of refusing to provide a breath sample after causing an accident leading to death is the same as that for impaired driving causing death, while noting that different types of mitigating factors may arise given the differences between the two offences.

The reasoning behind this proposition is that: A) EBHV programs are designed to serve women categorized as «at - risk» due to a variety of demographic factors, including single - parent household status, age at time of first pregnancy, being categorically undereducated, under or unemployed, and meeting federal standards of living at or below the poverty line; B) these programs serve women during pregnancy and / or shortly after the birth of their children, offering an excellent chance for the early prevention of trauma exposure; and C) intervention services are provided at the same times that attachment (whether secure or insecure) is being developed between mothers and children, providing the opportunity that generational risk may be mitigated.

More important, however, is the need for clinical pediatrics to move beyond the level of risk factor identification and to leverage advances in the biology of adversity to contribute to the critical task of developing, testing, and refining new and more effective strategies for reducing toxic stress and mitigating its effects as early as possible, before irrevocable damage is done.

Instead one may deem extra-dyadic factors — such as nurturing a positive bond between one's own and one's partner's family members — to be more vital, mitigating the need for passion within their own romantic relationship [72].

Although there are policies in Wales that aim to address violence, including the recent «Framework for Managing the Night - Time Economy in Wales», 54 the Well - being of Future Generations (Wales) Act, 55 which provisionally includes a national indicator around «feeling safe in the community», and the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act (2015), 56 more can be done to address key risk factors through other measures, including policy.1 Violence is strongly linked to social determinants such as unemployment; income and gender inequality; limited educational opportunities; and cultural, social and gender norms.1 Any comprehensive violence prevention strategy must recognise the influence of such factors and identify ways to mitigate or protect against risks.

In @David Frol's case, there is the mitigating factor that his IRA is only a 10 % equity holder in the property LLC, and therefore that property LLC is not a disqualified party to his plan - but, that still precludes David from providing a direct or indirect benefit to his plan, and serving as realtor for the LLC partially owned by his IRA - LLC would pretty obviously be such an indirect benefit.