Chapter One Of excuses (1) Exempting Excuses Article (95) There shall be no excuses with regard to the commission of a crime unless stipulated in the law. Article (96) An exempting excuse shall exempt the perpetrator from any penalty but if needed he/she shall be subject to precautionary measures such as a precautionary bond. (2) Mitigating Excuses Article (97) When the law provides for a mitigating excuse: 1. If the felony is punishable by the death penalty or by life imprisonment with hard labor or life detention, the penalty shall be replaced with imprisonment for a minimum of one year. 2. If the act constitutes any other felony, then the penalty shall be imprisonment from six months to two years. 3. If the act constitutes a misdemeanor , then the penalty shall not exceed imprisonment for six month a fine of twenty five Dinars. Article (98) Whoever commits a crime while in a state of rage which is the result of an unjustifiable and dangerous act committed by the victim, benefits from a mitigating excuse. Chapter Two Of Mitigating Factors Article (99) If mitigating factors existed in a case the court shall rule as follows: 1. Life imprisonment with hard labor or ten to twenty years of temporary imprisonment instead of the death penalty. 2. Temporary imprisonment for no less than eight years instead of life imprisonment with hard labor, temporary detention for a period no less than eight years and instead of life detention. 3. The court has the power to reduce any other criminal sentence by half. 4. Except in case of repetition, the court may also reduce any penalty that has a minimum limit of three years imprisonment to a sentence of at least one year imprisonment. Article (100) 1. If the court applied mitigating factors for the benefit of a person who committed a misdemeanor, then the court has the power to reduce the sentence at least to its minimum limit stated in articles (22 and 21).