[Australia] Sentence Indication and Specified Sentence Discounts Discussion Paper / Sentencing Advisory Council [Vic.] February 2007
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"SCHEMES to indicate likely jail sentences and discounts could save time, trauma and expense by cutting the number of criminal trials. Sentencing discounts of up to one-third are offered for early guilty pleas under similar schemes overseas. This Sentencing Advisory Council discussion paper says a sentence indication scheme would give accused people a better and earlier guide to the type of sentences they faced if they pleaded guilty."