Different Factors Come into Play During the Sentencing Phase of a Homicide

question 23

Multiple Choice

Different factors come into play during the sentencing phase of a homicide case such as whether the sentence should be death or life in prison with no hope of parole. Circumstances that support the death sentence are called:

• A) mitigating factors.
• B) aggravating factors.
• C) proof of mental disease.
• D) degree of conviction.