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Counsel pleaded the accused 's age in extenuation of his actions .

律师以被告年龄为由要求减轻其行为过错。

He pleaded poverty in extenuation of ie as an excuse for the theft .

他以贫穷为藉口请求为他犯的偷窃罪从轻量刑。

Judge : do you have anything to say in mitigation or extenuation before I pass sentence ?

法官：在我宣读判决书前，你想说点什么求饶之类的话吗？

Her plea of ignorance of the law in extenuation of her crime was not accepted .

她以不知法作为减轻罪行的借口没有被接受。

Were such a man once more to fall , what plea could be urged in extenuation of his crime ?

倘使象他这样一个人再次堕落的话，还能为减轻罪行作何辩白呢？