Mitigating Factors are any evidence presented regarding the defendant's character or the circumstances of the crime, which would cause a juror or judge to vote for a lesser sentence. Each state has its own laws regarding how jurors are instructed to weigh aggravating and mitigating circumstances. In California, for example, these are the aggravating and mitigating factors a jury can consider: 1  The circumstances of the crime and the existence of special circumstances.
A file with the EXD file extension is a Control Information Cache file. Microsoft Office programs build EXD files automatically when an ActiveX control has been inserted into a document. The EXD file is just a temporary file with the single purpose of speeding up the process of adding controls into the document, like option buttons and text boxes.
A file with the ACCDE file extension is a Microsoft Access Execute Only Database file used to protect an ACCDB file. It replaces the MDE format (which secures an MDB file) used by older versions of MS Access. The VBA code in an ACCDE file is saved in a way that prevents anyone from seeing or changing it. When you save a Microsoft Access database to the ACCDE format, you can also choose to protect custom database code as well as to encrypt the entire file behind a password.