Practitioners representing serious repeat offenders under s 54 of the Sentencing Act 2017 (SA) should note that the court is not bound to impose a proportionate sentence and that personal and general deterrence are elevated to paramount considerations alongside community protection, making it difficult to challenge severe sentences on manifest excess grounds.
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