Features of Application of Circumstances, which Mitigate Punishments, which are not Specified in Part One of art. 66 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

У статті досліджуються особливості застосування обставин, які пом’якшують покарання але не зазначені в частині першій ст.66 КК України. Аналізується правова природа цих обставин, поняття, значення, класифікація, зміст, можливість врахування судами вказаних обставин при призначенні покарання, а також доцільність закріплення невичерпного переліку обставин, які пом’якшують покарання у КК України. It is investigated in this article the features of application of circumstances which mitigate punishments, but they are not marked out in part one of article 66 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Here are analyzed views of great scientists on that problem, the legal nature of these circumstances is researched, concept, value, classification, content, opportunity and legitimacy of application by courts of the specified circumstances in case of purpose of punishment, and also feasibility of fixing of the inexhaustible list of circumstances which mitigate punishment in the Criminal Code of Ukraine are also explored. According to the author’s point of view, the majority of circumstances, which are most often considered by courts in case of purpose of punishment, should not be recognized like mitigated. The author considers that availability of the inexhaustible list of the circumstances, which mitigate punishment, breaks the principles of equality of all persons before the law, unities of court practice, humanity and justice