In cases of systematic social security fraud involving substantial sums and prolonged offending, immediate release on recognisance remains within the range of available sentencing dispositions where there are compelling mitigating circumstances including intellectual disability, chronic psychiatric illness, physical ailments, early guilty plea, substantial restitution, and genuine remorse. Cross-jurisdictional sentencing comparison tables have limited utility without evidence that sentencing practices and custodial systems operate equivalently across jurisdictions.
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