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capital mitigation  

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  • Capital mitigation consists of evidence that is presented in a death penalty trial to obtain a sentence other than death. In the bifurcated trial process that characterizes modern capital cases (in which a second penalty or sentencing phase occurs only if the defendant has been convicted of a crime for which the death penalty may be imposed), mitigation typically is introduced in the second stage of the trial. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Capital Mitigation]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/capital_mitigation

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