Sentencing – mitigating factors

July/August 2025 | Crime
‘This was an exceptionally, if not uniquely, difficult sentencing exercise. Having presided over the trial, the judge was in a far better position than this court to balance the various features and reach a just conclusion. That does not, of course, mean that his decision is inviolate. The principles are not in doubt.’ So said …
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