Inordinate delay between offending and sentencing that is not attributable to the offender must be treated as a powerful mitigating factor regardless of whether the delay was the fault of the prosecution. A sentencing judge who accords less weight to delay because it was not the Crown's fault commits sentencing error. The absence of a victim impact statement does not demonstrate the absence of adverse consequences for the victim, but the resumption of cohabitation between offender and victim may raise the possibility that the victim was willing to forgive and that trauma was not permanent.
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