reason for mitigating a sentence

См. также в других словарях:

• Responsibility for the Holocaust — Historians differ as to where the responsibility for the Holocaust lies. Intentionalist historians such as Lucy Dawidowicz argue that Hitler planned the extermination of the Jewish people from as early as 1918, and that he personally oversaw its… …   Wikipedia

• Gregg 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… …   Wikipedia

• Murder (German law) — In Germany the term Mord (murder) is officially used for the intentional killing of another person, but only if the case is especially severe. The requirements can be read in § 211 of the German Criminal Code, Strafgesetzbuch (StGB). The murderer …   Wikipedia

• crime — crimeless, adj. crimelessness, n. /kruym/, n. 1. an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited. 2. criminal activity and those… …   Universalium

• Strickland v. Washington — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Strickland v. Washington ArgueDate=January 10 ArgueYear=1984 DecideDate=May 14 DecideYear=1984 FullName=Strickland, Superintendent, Florida State Prison, v. Washington USVol=466 USPage=668 Citation=466 U.S. 668; 104 S. Ct.… …   Wikipedia

• Criminal justice system of Japan — Three basic features of Japan s system of criminal justice characterize its operations. First, the institutions police, government prosecutor s offices, courts, and correctional organs maintain close and cooperative relations with each other,… …   Wikipedia

• United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines — The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are rules that set out a uniform sentencing policy for individuals and organizations convicted of felonies and serious (Class A) misdemeanors[1] in the United States federal courts system. The Guidelines do not… …   Wikipedia

• Capital punishment — Death penalty and Death sentence redirect here. For other uses, see Death penalty (disambiguation) and Death sentence (disambiguation). Execution and Execute redirect here. For other uses, see Execution (disambiguation) and Execute… …   Wikipedia

• Capital punishment in Texas — The State of Texas Death Row seal, taken at the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas …   Wikipedia

• United States v. Booker — SCOTUSCase Litigants = United States v. Booker ArgueDate = October 4 ArgueYear = 2004 DecideDate = January 12 DecideYear = 2005 FullName = United States v. Freddie J. Booker; United States v. Ducan Fanfan USVol=543 USPage=220 Citation =125 S. Ct …   Wikipedia

• Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement — ▪ 2006 Introduction Trials of former heads of state, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain and the death penalty, and high profile cases against former executives of large corporations were leading legal and criminal issues in 2005.… …   Universalium