Not exact matches
The formulation of penalties may be motivated or even dominated by considerations of deterrence, rehabilitation,
mitigating circumstance, humaneness, respect of persons or protection of society, but
in every
case there is necessarily the assumption that the legal penalty is occasioned and justified by the behavior of the one penalized.
To be sure,
mitigating circumstances were doubtless present
in many
cases.
In all but one case the firm's lawyers have successfully argued that mitigating circumstances — mainly the victim's alleged drug use or a pre-existing cardiac condition — meant they would have died from the trauma of being physically subdued by police officers in any cas
In all but one
case the firm's lawyers have successfully argued that
mitigating circumstances — mainly the victim's alleged drug use or a pre-existing cardiac condition — meant they would have died from the trauma of being physically subdued by police officers
in any cas
in any
case.
There are a variety of factors involved
in homicide
cases, such as
mitigating or aggravating
circumstances, as well as statutory enhancements.
Consider a defendant
in a
case without Blakely factors who might reasonably think she has a chance of a lower sentence without the guidelines» limits on the consideration of
mitigating circumstances.
In weighing the
circumstances, the Court of Appeal considered
mitigating aspects of the
case including:
Exceptions are occasionally allowed
in the
case of
mitigating circumstances and improved credit.