Many options exist, but properly protecting a client from an unfair prosecution and unjust sentence takes experience, skill, and knowledge that not every lawyer possesses. (columbusdefensefirm.com)
They may, in extreme cases, impose unjust sentences, because they shift the focus from the offender during the sentencing process in a way that violates the principle of proportionality. (claytonrice.com)
First, recent Tory amendments whittling away at judicial discretion in sentencing by increasing the number of offences subject to mandatory minimum penalties will only create new and more tragic examples of cases where a manifestly unjust sentence is required by statute. (slaw.ca)