A prosecutor may consider evidence that a youngster who killed his father was abused by his father to charge the youth with a lesser crime. What is the prosecutor considering?

A. Defense motions
B. Mitigating circumstances
C. Aggravating circumstances
D. Felonious circumstances


B

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