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Sentencing
Sentencing is the act of imposing punishment on a person who has been found guilty of, or pleaded guilty to, committing a criminal offence. Past sentencing decisions and sentencing remarks are both components of case law.
To learn more about sentencing in Australia, see:
Sentencing remarks
Sentencing remarks are the reasons given, either orally or in writing, by a judge as to why a particular sentence is passed on an offender. Sentencing remarks are often published on Australian court websites. For more on sourcing sentencing remarks, see:
Comparative sentencing tables
The comparative sentencing tables from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia outline decisions of appeal hearings that consider the sentences imposed for various criminal offences.