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‘Good character’ can mean a lighter sentence – this could change soon
The council said the most common evidence offered by the defence related to an offender’s good employment prospects, with this considered a mitigating factor in about 21 per cent of cases.
It recommended the government make reforms, including that courts be provided with discretion under the…
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