Sentencing factors

Question 1

What are aggravating factors?

Answer 1

Factors that make the crime more serious and therefore justify a harder sentence

Question 2

What are the aggravating factors?

Answer 2

-Use of a weapon
-Vulnerable victim
-No remorse
-Previous convictions
-Gang attack
-Racially motivated

Question 3

What are mitigating factors?

Answer 3

Factors that make the crime seem less serious and therefor deserve a more lenient sentence

Question 4

What are the mitigating factors?

Answer 4

-Age of defendant
-No previousb convictions
-Showing remorse
-Defendant suffering from mental illness
-Cooperation with the police/early guilty plea
-Minor role in committed crime