If appropriate for the offense, mitigating factors may include, but are not limited to:

(1) The defendant‘s criminal conduct neither caused nor threatened serious bodily injury;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-35-113

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) The defendant acted under strong provocation;
(3) Substantial grounds exist tending to excuse or justify the defendant’s criminal conduct, though failing to establish a defense;
(4) The defendant played a minor role in the commission of the offense;
(5) Before detection, the defendant compensated or made a good faith attempt to compensate the victim of criminal conduct for the damage or injury the victim sustained;
(6) The defendant, because of youth or old age, lacked substantial judgment in committing the offense;
(7) The defendant was motivated by a desire to provide necessities for the defendant’s family or the defendant’s self;
(8) The defendant was suffering from a mental or physical condition that significantly reduced the defendant’s culpability for the offense; however, the voluntary use of intoxicants does not fall within the purview of this factor;
(9) The defendant assisted the authorities in uncovering offenses committed by other persons or in detecting or apprehending other persons who had committed the offenses;
(10) The defendant assisted the authorities in locating or recovering any property or person involved in the crime;
(11) The defendant, although guilty of the crime, committed the offense under such unusual circumstances that it is unlikely that a sustained intent to violate the law motivated the criminal conduct;
(12) The defendant acted under duress or under the domination of another person, even though the duress or the domination of another person is not sufficient to constitute a defense to the crime, including a misdemeanor or non-violent felony committed while the defendant was a victim of human trafficking or a commercial sex act; and
(13) Any other factor consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
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