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- Page 3: MEMBERSHIP The Law Reform Commissio
- Page 7 and 8: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Commission wou
- Page 9 and 10: TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF LEGISLAT
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- Page 19 and 20: TABLE OF CASES Pg N o . Attorney Ge
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- Page 25 and 26: INTRODUCTION A Background: Request
- Page 27 and 28: sentences for offences committed wh
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e put through the additional suffer
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(1) The Problem of a Lack of Struct
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conviction that restricted employme
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and to hold public seminars on matt
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A mechanism based on measures being
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since 1996; and (iii) information i
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which captured adverse public atten
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compromise which failed to achieve
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2.16 It may be recalled that the ma
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y law and applicable in all cases w
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ody under Article 5(4). As the Secr
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irrespective of whether the sentenc
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2.45 In Attorney General for Northe
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five years. This was made permanent
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penalty or suspending it for an exp
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protection from those with murderou
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an application for release under Ar
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2.87 The Supreme Court upheld the d
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independent judicial body which wou
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whether the life prisoner poses a c
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offences became extremely unpopular
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who rarely had large quantities of
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2.124 The Crime (Sentences) Act 199
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and suppliers. 300 It was proposed
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Bill which would, among other matte
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(2) Mandatory Sentences for Firearm
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(b) England and Wales 2.154 In 2002
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filtered into the public domain. Th
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now applied to a range of drug and
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D Historical Evolution of Mandatory
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supervision should be liable to one
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“These are unduly weak provisions
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offender is being sentenced for any
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2.208 Section 24 of the 2007 Bill p
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proportionality and judicial discre
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2.220 The Commission notes that an
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the Prison Rules 2007. 5 This mecha
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the case of a prisoner serving a ma
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e released. These recommendations w
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considers that the seriousness of t
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then adjusted to reflect the aggrav
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3.37 In three jurisdictions (the No
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(8) Summary 3.43 From this survey,
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(b) The Principle of Proportionalit
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equirements of Article 5(1) were sa
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cannot reflect these variations in
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process. In particular, considerati
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(b) Importation 4.08 The first elem
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creates a risk of arbitrary and unj
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This permits the court to presume,
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should apply. Thus, it has been not
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injury. 66 An admission voluntarily
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4.44 Section 27(3D)(c)(i) provides
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(4) Drug Mules 4.52 The Commission
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used, and (b) a vehicle the means o
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(i) Have 4.74 The meaning of the te
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Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, material
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endanger life or cause serious dama
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“appropriate custodial term”, w
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offensive weapon or an article with
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4.117 Minimum sentences are also pr
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identity theft; 257 (v) certain gan
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examinations; 282 (xv) stalking in
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in Schedule I or Schedule II to the
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possession of a weapon obtained by
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of age. 355 Second, the following o
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ecent years, it would appear that t
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custodial sentence in circumstances
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to commit an indictable offence. 41
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4.183 Section 297 of the Criminal C
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offences. aims. It is arguable, how
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analysis suggested, among other thi
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4.210 Third, the Commission observe
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4.224 In Chapter 1, the Commission
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eneficial” response to other form
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while under the age of 18 years, bu
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C Mandatory Sentence for a Second o
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institution. For the purposes of th
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5.37 Subject to certain conditions,
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operates retrospectively in so far
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the perpetrator has a previous conv
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(iv) Federal Government 5.58 At fed
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(f) Australia 5.65 Certain Australi
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coerced the offender to commit the
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5.79 Division 2A of the Criminal La
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would be manifestly unjust. If the
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deterrent effect of mandatory sente
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treat dissimilar cases differently.
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and have therefore been discussed,
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6 CHAPTER 6 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATI