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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lucy Bladen

'Biased towards the defence': Bill for sentencing submissions

A bill to allow both the prosecution and defence to make recommendations for sentencing in criminal proceedings has been introduced in the Legislative Assembly.

Labor backbencher Marisa Paterson introduced the bill, saying there were concerns in the territory there was a bias towards the defence.

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