No evidence was presented to suggest cause or extenuating circumstances.
In these Orestes is the guilt-laden mortal who is purified from his sin by the grace of the gods, whose merciful justice is shown to all persons whose crime is mitigated by extenuating circumstances.
This part of Henrys policy is connected with the name of his two extortionate fiscal judges Empson and Dudley, who turned law and justice into rapine by their minute inquisition into all technical breaches of legality, and the nice fashion in which they adapted the fine to the wealth of the misdemeanant, without any reference to his moral guilt or any regard for extenuating circumstances.
The following rules typically apply, but there may be extenuating circumstances in which the laws become more flexible.
The individual is generally homebound as a result of frailty, illness, or extenuating circumstances.
