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31mitigating circumstance — /ˌmɪtəgeɪtɪŋ ˈsɜkəmstæns/ (say .mituhgayting serkuhmstans) noun (often plural) 1. Law an extenuating circumstance, comprising any fact or other relevant circumstance presented by a defendant as an argument for lesser culpability and therefore a… …
32mitigating circumstance — noun (law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑circumstance, ↑condition, ↑consideration …
33exculpatory — mitigating mitigating adj. serving to reduce blame; of situations; as, mitigating factors; mitigating circumstances. Opposite of {aggravating}. [Narrower terms: {exculpatory}] Syn: extenuating. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …
34Gregg v. Georgia — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Gregg v. Georgia ArgueDateA=March 30 ArgueDateB=31 ArgueYear=1976 DecideDate=July 2 DecideYear=1976 FullName=Troy Leon Gregg v. State of Georgia; Charles William Proffitt v. State of Florida; Jerry Lane Jurek v. State of… …
352009 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States — The Supreme Court of the United States handed down nineteen per curiam opinions during its 2009 term, which began on October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010.[1] Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution,… …
36Insanity defense — For similar defences in Canada and Australia, see mental disorder defence …
37Bigby v. Dretke — 402 F.3d 551 (5th Cir. 2005), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard a case appealed from the Northern Court of Texas (trial court) on the issue of the instructions given to a jury in death penalty sentencing. The decision took… …
38Capital punishment in the United States — This article is about capital punishment in the U.S. as a general overview. For the federal government s capital punishment laws, see Capital punishment by the United States federal government. Part of a series on Capital punishment …
39Wiggins v. Smith — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants = Wiggins v. Smith ArgueDate = March 24 ArgueYear = 2003 DecideDate = June 26 DecideYear = 2003 FullName = Kevin Wiggins, Petitioner v. Sewall Smith, Warden, et al. USVol = 539 USPage = 510 OralArgument =… …
40Capital Jury Project — The Capital Jury Project (CJP) is a consortium of university based research studies on the decision making of jurors in death penalty cases in the United States. It was founded in 1991 and is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).… …
