IMPROVEMENT OF CRIMINAL LEGAL REGULATIONS ON CIRCUMSTANCES OF MITIGATION OF PUNISHMENT

Logical, systematic, and comparative legal methods of research were used in this article. In particular, first of all, the development of legal norms related to mitigating circumstances was described, as well as the scientific views and research of scientists about it, and the similarities and differences between them were described in detail. At the same time, a comparative analysis was made with the types of mitigating circumstances; their problematic aspects were identified and described sequentially. Also, it was reasonably analyzed that in the first part of Article 55 of the Criminal Code, in addition to mitigating future punishment, special mitigating circumstances allow exemption from criminal liability by applying one of the provisions of Articles 64–67 of the Criminal Code. At the same time, the doctrine of criminal law and existing scientific research were analyzed, and reasonable theoretical proposals and recommendations were developed in this regard.