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mitigating circumstances
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Def: circumstances that do not excuse or justify a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense; extenuating circumstances
Example: Iif a person walks in on his spouse while she is having an affair and kills her, the fact that he caught her engaged in infidelity is considered a mitigating circumstance.
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