mitigating circumstances
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"There are mitigating circumstances from before the season," former Reds midfielder Jamie Redknapp said on Sky Sports.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
“She feels horrible about all of this. Nobody wants to be in the chain of causation,” Geragos said, adding that he will present evidence of mitigating circumstances at her Dec. 10 sentencing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
He said the sentence before mitigating circumstances would be eight years, but the fact Kelly had pleaded guilty entitled him to a reduction of the sentence.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
He looked through thousands of pages of this very complex, highly contested record, purported to weigh the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, decided which were true and false, and drew his own conclusions.
From Slate ● May 31, 2024
It grieves us deeply, gentlemen, that we are not in a position to consider the other qualifications of our guilt-laden pupil as mitigating circumstances.
From The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood by Frank Wedekind
