A sentence that is clearly lenient is not necessarily manifestly inadequate where the offender's subjective case, including youth, disadvantaged background, reduced moral culpability and the interplay of cumulative subjective factors, provides a basis for the sentence imposed, even for extremely serious offending involving specially aggravated kidnapping for ransom.
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