The only crime, if any, that may have been committed in these circumstances is the perpetration of a dangerous act.

Circumstances are important. The circumstances mitigate the degree to which the crime was committed.

I want you to understand the circumstances why this crime happened.

concentrated on the circumstances of the act and the reasons for it.

We still don't know what the circumstances of the crime were, if it was in some way related directly or indirectly to the violence shaking the Islamic community in so many countries.

There has to be some evidence besides the confession that the criminal act was committed by someone -- that the crime was real and not imagined.