S2 Episode 34: Mandatory and Presumptive Sentencing Part 2: Establishing Special Reasons and Standard Sentences

Marcus Dempsey and Tim Bourbon outline the relevant legislative tests before discussing, from a practical perspective, what is required to satisfy them. One of the stated aims of the standard sentence scheme is to increase the length of sentences that are imposed for relevant offences.

In Part 2 of this presentation, Marcus and Tim also outline the background to the enactment of the scheme, as well as the relevant legislative provisions, before discussing a number of Court of Appeal decisions in which those provisions have been considered, most notably Brown and The Queen (2019) 59 VR 462.