Nature

Neural circuits in the brain that are activated when mitigating criminal sentences

In sentencing guilty defendants, jurors and judges weigh 'mitigating circumstances', which create sympathy for a defendant. Here we use functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure neural activity ...
WPLG

Explainer: What are aggravating factors and mitigating circumstances?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — This trial starts in what is typically the second phase of a capital case. That is because guilt was established in October when confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz ...
Human Rights Watch

IV. Consideration of Political Justification as a Mitigating Factor Conflicts with the Sentencing Objectives, Purposes, and Jurisprudence of International Criminal Tribunals

Considerations that are of a broader nature, such as circumstances intrinsic to armed conflicts in general, have been repeatedly rejected as mitigating factors.As explained by the Appeals Chamber of ...