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CASE NOTE
Cameron v The Queen: A Consideration of Sentencing Principles Applicable
to Pleas of Guilty
This article examines the sentencing principles enunciated in Cameron v The Queen.
With respect to the principles applicable to pleas of guilty, it considers:
- the subjective and objective rationales for mitigation of sentence;
- the discrimination generated by reliance on purely objective justifications
for mitigation of sentence; and
- the proper approach to be adopted by sentencing judges in making mitigation
and arriving at sentence.
This article also examines the reception of Cameron to date and argues that
despite their consideration by five members of the High Court, these sentencing
principles may have limited application in future.
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