{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-5-51","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-5-51","heading":"Mitigating Circumstances - Generally.","body":"Mitigating circumstances shall include, but not be limited to. the following:\n(1) The defendant has no significant history of prior criminal activity;\n(2) The capital offense was committed while the defendant was under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance;\n(3) The victim was a participant in the defendant’s conduct or consented to it;\n(4) The defendant was an accomplice in the capital offense committed by another person and his participation was relatively minor;\n(5) The defendant acted under extreme duress or under the substantial domination of another person;\n(6) The capacity of the defendant to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law was substantially impaired; and\n(7) The age of the defendant at the time of the crime.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 5 Punishments and Sentences.","Article 2 Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-5-51","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"96f6192538c924c1a48e571c53ef22c09a633713f37d7b05cf5146ffd1e1779a","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-5-50","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-5-52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}