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Sentencing Purposes: Denunciation and Deterrence
Sentencing Purposes: Denunciation and Deterrence
When a court is deciding on a sentence, it must consider the principles set out under Section 5 of the Sentencing Act 1991. These matters are known as sentencing purposes. Two of these sentencing purposes are denunciation and deterrence. Denunciation The sentencing purpose of denunciation seeks to ensure that the court communicates that the offending…
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Sentencing Purposes: Just Punishment
Sentencing Purposes: Just Punishment
When courts sentence offenders, they consider the principles set out under Section 5 of the Sentencing Act 1991. These matters are broadly known as “sentencing purposes”. One of those sentencing purposes is just punishment. A sentence imposed for the purpose of just punishment aims to punish the offender in a manner that the community would…
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Drink Driving Penalties in Victoria
Drink Driving Penalties in Victoria
Victoria has some of the strictest drink driving penalties in Australia. If you have a Victorian licence and get caught drink driving in another state, the same penalties apply as if the offence had occurred in Victoria. Significant fines and periods of disqualification attach to these offences as well as terms of imprisonment in serious…
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Supreme Court Dismisses George Pell Appeal
Supreme Court Dismisses George Pell Appeal
On 21 August 2019, the Victorian Supreme Court handed down its decision in Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against findings of guilt for child sex offences that occurred in Melbourne in the 1990s. The court dismissed Pell’s appeal by a majority of two to one, with Justice Weinberg dissenting. Pell will continue to serve his sentence…
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