In culpable driving causing death cases, general deterrence must usually be emphasised with correspondingly less scope for leniency on account of youth. A total effective sentence of 13 years' imprisonment (non-parole 8 years) was upheld for a 19-year-old with a severely deprived background and cognitive difficulties who drove a stolen vehicle at 114 kph through a red light, killing two people and fleeing the scene. The standard sentence scheme does not alter the instinctive synthesis approach; the standard sentence is a legislative guidepost equivalent to the maximum penalty.
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