In 1976, contemporaneously with Woodson and Roberts, the Court decided Gregg v. Georgia and upheld a procedure in which the trial of capital crimes was bifurcated into guilt-innocence and sentencing phases. At the first proceeding, the jury decides the defendant's guilt; if the defendant is innocent or otherwise not convicted of first-degree murder, the death penalty will not be imposed. At the second hearing, the jury determines whether certain statutory aggravating factors exist, whether any <answer>mitigating</answer> factors exist, and, in many jurisdictions, weigh the aggravating and <answer>mitigating</answer> factors in assessing the ultimate penalty – either death or life in prison, either with or without parole.
Along with aggravating factors, what other factors are considered at the second hearing?
mitigating