A sentencing judge must not merge the discount for past cooperation with law enforcement (s 16A(2)(h)) within the utilitarian discount for an early guilty plea (s 16A(2)(g)); the two are distinct considerations that must each be separately brought to bear in the instinctive synthesis, and contrition under s 16A(2)(f) must be separately addressed even where the sentencing judge has considered prospects of rehabilitation.
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