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NEW LOOK AT SENTENCING

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Richard Alan Comrie's case perfectly exemplifies the issues addressed by the Supreme Court in a decision released in December which markedly reduced the jail terms for two far more serious meth offenders — William Allan Berkland and Brownie Joseph Harding.

Their unrelated appeals were dealt with together by the court as each raised similar issues as to how a guideline judgement (Zhang vs The Quee...


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