At the very least, that argues for judges to use more discretion to reflect individual circumstances when sentencing.

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To achieve this, the judge is provided sentencing guidelines that take mitigating circumstances into consideration.

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Hadden appealed against the length of his prison term and his defence advocate Claire Mitchell argued that Lord Burns had not properly considered the circumstances surrounding the case when sentencing her client.

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The economy committee called for consideration to be given to new prosecution and sentencing guidelines in relation to assaults on workers who deal with the public, to tackle the perception that aggravating circumstances are not taken seriously.

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