1.What is mitigating circumstance? State it’s rationale or basis. 2,Distinguish privileged mitigating circumstance from Ordinary mitigating circumstance.
1.MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES are those which, if present in the commission of the crime, do not entirely free the actor from criminal liability, but serve only to reduce the penalty. > One single fact cannot be made the basis of more than one mitigating circumstance.
