In Pennsylvania, you have the opportunity to present your perspectives of the case which might reduce your sentence. These mitigating factors could begin with your feelings of remorse and an apology to your victims, your plan to make restitution, your feelings of responsibility to participate in a program providing alcohol or drug rehabilitation, or even psychiatric counseling as specific as training to prevent physical violence. The Judge usually decides how you make your presentation and also provides a format for victims of your crime to make their own recommendations about the sentence you will receive. 

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