Mitigating circumstances of criminal liability

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Article 51 of the 2015 Penal Code, amended and supplemented in 2017, stipulates 22 mitigating circumstances of criminal liability as follows:

(1) The offender prevented or lessened the harm of the crime.

(2) The offender voluntarily repairs, compensates for damages or remedies the consequences.

(3)Committing a crime in excess of the limits of legitimate defense.

(4) Committing a crime in a situation that exceeds the requirements of an emergency.

(5) Committing a crime by exceeding the necessary level when arresting an offender.

(6)Committing a crime in a state of mental agitation caused by the victim's illegal act.

(7) Committing a crime due to particularly difficult circumstances that were not caused by oneself.

(8) Committing a crime but causing no damage or causing little damage.

(9) First time offender and less serious case.

(10)Committed a crime because of threats or coercion by others.

(11)Committing a crime in a case of limited cognitive ability through no fault of one's own.

(12)Crime due to backwardness.

(13) The offender is a pregnant woman.

(14) The offender is a person 70 years of age or older.

(15)The offender is a person with severe or especially severe disabilities.

(16) A criminal is a person with a disease that limits his or her ability to perceive or control his or her behavior.

(17) The criminal confessed.

(18) The offender confessed and repented.

(19) The offender actively cooperates with the responsible agency in detecting the crime or in the process of solving the case.

(20) The criminal has made amends.

(21) The offender is a person with outstanding achievements in production, combat, study or work.

(22) The offender is a person with revolutionary contributions or is the father, mother, wife, husband or child of a martyr.