The following shall be considered mitigating circumstances: (a) The offender has no significant prior history of criminal activity; (b) The offense was committed while the offender was under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance; (c) The offense was committed while the offender was under the influence or under the domination of another person; (d) The offense was committed under circumstances which the offender reasonably believed to provide a moral justification or extenuation for his conduct; (e) At the time of the offense the capacity of the offender to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law was impaired as a result of mental disease or defect or intoxication; (f) The youth of the offender at the time of the offense; (g) The offender was a principal whose participation was relatively minor; (h) Any other relevant mitigating circumstance.
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