• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    29 days ago

    Testing

    There are 4 factors that a judge needs to consider.[1] Punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence, denunciation[2], and protection of the community.

    Probability to reoffend is relevant to rehabilitation and deterrence. So no, it’s not a bullshit reason.


    1. I Victoria. I assume Queensland has a very similar list. ↩︎

    2. I don’t know exactly what this is, only that the judge in Erin Patterson’s case mentioned it as one of his factors. ↩︎