Sentence examples for as a mitigating factor from inspiring English sources

He listed Murry's lack of a significant criminal record as a mitigating factor.

(Although, contrary to some headlines, just being boozed up isn't listed as a mitigating factor).

Voluntary intoxication would also be removed as a mitigating factor for judges and magistrates setting sentences.

But O'Sullivan's apology was unprompted, which may be taken as a mitigating factor in any judgment.

Van Gaal pointed to the catalogue of injuries as a mitigating factor for the performance and defeat.

Ridgers could perhaps use the gusting wind and a deflection as a mitigating factor but it looked a glaring error.

When asked to consider the time spent in immigration detention as a mitigating factor, Lane said she couldn'tbecause the immigration system was separate to the justice system.

The fact that Denis's was a sombre art film with a semi-documentary edge could have been regarded as a mitigating factor.

He may not have been helped by an inability to master the language, and pointed to a lack of investment in the transfer market as a mitigating factor.

Now, in my 50s, my verdict on Dad has stood unexamined for years: a flawed man, but more good than bad, with mental illness as a mitigating factor.

And we couldn't throw in the benefit of poverty-reduction as a mitigating factor since that doesn't seem to be happening.