A reduction from a sentence above the serious violent offence threshold (requiring 80% to be served) to one below it (with standard 50% parole eligibility) can adequately reflect mitigating factors of a guilty plea and extensive admissions against interest, without the need for a further recommendation for earlier parole eligibility. For wholesale cannabis trafficking over five years involving over 2,000 kilograms and profits of $1.3-2.4 million, nine years imprisonment is within range.
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