An offender's voluntary return to the jurisdiction to face charges, where no extradition treaty exists, is a relevant mitigating factor but does not carry determinative weight where the circumstances suggest the return was not motivated by contrition. The parity principle permits significant disparity between co-offenders' sentences where there are material differences in role, culpability, timing of cooperation, and motive.
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