Reparation involving substantial personal sacrifice (such as selling the family home) is a separate mitigating factor in sentencing that goes beyond its relevance to remorse and rehabilitation — it constitutes ameliorative conduct deserving of independent consideration. The fact that reparation was made in the context of settlement proceedings does not militate against this finding. However, the seriousness of offending and general deterrence may still foreclose the imposition of an ICO even where the offender poses no risk to community safety and has strong subjective features.
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