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New South Wales Government reducing discounts for guilty pleas

Mon Mar 31 2008

The NSW Government will introduce new legislation to restrict discounts offered to defendants in return for guilty pleas. Under the legislation introduced into the parliament today, defendants will be offered a 25 per cent discount off the sentence they face if they make the plea before the committal hearing, but less than 12.5 per cent if the guilty plea is after the committal hearing. View the attorney general's media release>

2 April 2008

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