A sentence of 8 years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of 5 years for unlawful and dangerous act manslaughter involving a single punch to the head causing death is within the current sentencing range in Victoria. The average sentence for manslaughter is currently between about seven and nine years' imprisonment. Victim Impact Statements may be used legitimately in sentencing under s 8K of the Sentencing Act 1991, but the value of a lost life is not to be measured by the degree to which that life is mourned by others.
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