The sentencing mitigation report is a comprehensive report that touches on every aspect of a client's life: beginning prior to their birth. Issues such as pre-natal distress, early childhood illnesses and injuries, the use of drugs and alcohol, academic strengths and weaknesses, interpersonal relationships, acute and chronic medical issues, criminal history or lack of, toxic exposures, military service, and situational stresses leading up to the offense.
After a sentence mitigation report is prepared, the report is submitted to the judge, it will provide a detailed picture of the offender and circumstances surrounding the crime. It also offers more information used to determine the best sentencing option for a particular offender. The sentence mitigation report is relied upon by judges around the world to assist in determining how likely the offender is going to re-offend, what type of sentence would be an effective method of rehabilitation or retribution, and what type of support system the offender is likely to have upon completion of the sentence.