In cases of culpable driving causing death involving high blood alcohol and excessive speed, general deterrence must be given notable weight and the personal tragedy suffered by the offender (including loss of family members and psychiatric consequences) cannot play a significant or major role in reducing the sentence. A sentence of six years with a three-year non-parole period for two deaths was within range where the blood alcohol level was .150 and speed was approximately 120 km/h.
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