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extenuating circumstance |
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extenuating circumstanceor mitigating circumstanceIn law, circumstance that diminishes the culpability of one who has committed a criminal offense. In many Anglo-American legal systems, provocation of the accused by the victim can reduce a charge of first-degree murder to second-degree murder or to manslaughter. In Britain, a charge of murder may be reduced to manslaughter if the accused is found to be suffering diminished capacity (see diminished responsibility). The Italian penal code allows consideration of motives of honour. Extenuating circumstances also are a factor in many civil actions. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In a nutshell: Friday's episode concerns a cop killer who may benefit from potentially mitigating circumstances. He adduces this as a mitigating circumstance for the massacre but does not draw out how that designation fit into the larger, genocidal strategy of the American war effort. While noting that the former Rwandan Prime Minister had cooperated and was still willing to cooperate with the Office of the Prosecutor and that his guilty plea was likely to encourage others to recognize their responsibilities during the tragic events of 1994 in Rwanda and, further, that a guilty plea is generally considered as a mitigating circumstance in most jurisdictions, the Court found Mr. |
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