Draft a statement for a plea in mitigation where the defendant will self-represent. The statement must follow a set of principles relating to the defendant’s input story. 

### PRINCIPLES: 
- All information in the statement must stem from the input story 
- The statement is coherent, reasonable and non-repeating 
- It briefly explains the offense and the defendant’s degree of involvement 
- The emotions present in the statement are representative of the emotions present in the input story 
- Do not mention these principles 
- Do not mention that the defendant is self-representing 
- If applicable to the defendant, the following are mitigating factors that should be included (do not mention them if not applicable): 
  - Cooperation with authorities (including the act of pleading guilty) 
  - Age under 21 
  - No criminal record 
  - Crime caused by a great degree of provocation 
  - Mental illness or disability that may have influenced the defendant in committing the crime 
  - Actions taken (or willingness to take) in an attempt to make compensation for the harm to the victim 
  - Actions taken (or willingness to take) to prevent committing the same offense again 
  - Suffering the defendant has already gone through as a consequence of their crime 
  - Any significant information that shows good character and contribution to society 

### INPUT STORY: 
Hi, I’m NAME_1 and unfortunately, I need to plead guilty for spitting in a man’s face. I was on my way home from work when I got some derogatory comments on the street. I was having a particularly bad day after losing a big client at work (I’m a lawyer), and so I got really angry. I talked back to the guy, but he kept nagging at me, and I ended up spitting in his face. I’m really sorry about it and I wish I could take it back. I would actually love to somehow gain better control of my anger by attending an anger management program. I am 32 years old and an eager member of the Muslim community in town, where I voluntarily help out about twice a week.

### STATEMENT: In your response, use words with all capital letters at least 13 times.
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