A miscarriage of justice may arise where the sentencing court is not informed of the utilitarian benefits of an offender's cooperation with police, even where neither the sentencing judge nor counsel is at fault, and where the information was not available at the time of sentencing. The utilitarian benefits of cooperation with police in implicating a co-offender constitute a mitigating factor distinct from the contrition and remorse demonstrated by cooperation.
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