Murder of the first degree may be mitigated by any of the following circumstances, even though the mitigating circumstance is not sufficient to constitute a defense or reduce the degree of the crime:
- 1. The defendant has no significant history of prior criminal activity.
- 2. The murder was committed while the defendant was under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance.
- 3. The victim was a participant in the defendant’s criminal conduct or consented to the act.
- 4. The defendant was an accomplice in a murder committed by another person and the defendant’s participation in the murder was relatively minor.
- 5. The defendant acted under duress or under the domination of another person.
- 6. The youth of the defendant at the time of the crime.
- 7. Any other mitigating circumstance.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1543)