Section 632 of the Criminal Code (Qld) removes the mandatory requirement for accomplice warnings but does not prohibit them; in many cases involving accomplice evidence, such a warning will be desirable. Where the accomplice witnesses' motives and reliability are clearly canvassed through cross-examination read in the summing up and defence addresses, the absence of a specific warning will not necessarily result in a miscarriage of justice. A parole recommendation beyond the halfway point of the head sentence is unusual but not unlawful under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992.
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