Where a sentencing judge identifies special circumstances requiring variation of the usual ratio between non-parole periods and the balance of terms, the judge must give effect to that finding when the sentences are considered in their totality, not merely in individual sentences. The mitigating effect of a mental disorder is properly limited where the disorder was caused to a significant degree by voluntary drug addiction and the offender was not taking prescribed medication.
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