There is no inherent sentencing 'discount' for COVID-19; whether the pandemic's impact affects sentence is a question of fact requiring evidence in each case. An applicant who fails to adduce evidence or advance submissions on mitigating factors (mental health, age, COVID-19 hardship) before the sentencing judge cannot advance a different sentencing case on appeal. A psychologist's opinion that an offender 'somewhat suffers from a reduced moral culpability' is of doubtful utility, as reduced moral culpability is a normative assessment for the sentencing court.
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