Swiss Criminal Code

The court shall re­duce the sen­tence if:

a.

the of­fend­er ac­ted:

1.

for hon­our­able motives,

2.

while in ser­i­ous dis­tress,

3.

while of the view that he was un­der ser­i­ous threat,

4.

at the be­hest of a per­son whom he was duty bound to obey or on whom he was de­pend­ent;

b.

the of­fend­er was ser­i­ously pro­voked by the con­duct of the per­son suf­fer­ing in­jury;

c.

the of­fend­er ac­ted in a state of ex­treme emo­tion that was ex­cus­able in the cir­cum­stances or while un­der ser­i­ous psy­cho­lo­gic­al stress;

d.

the of­fend­er has shown genu­ine re­morse, and in par­tic­u­lar has made re­par­a­tion for the in­jury, dam­age or loss caused, in­so­far as this may reas­on­ably be ex­pec­ted of him;

e.

the need for pun­ish­ment has been sub­stan­tially re­duced due to the time that has elapsed since the of­fence and the of­fend­er has been of good con­duct in this peri­od.