RHTLaw Asia LLP’s Post

The Sentencing Advisory Panel (SAP) has just issued a new guideline on sentencing scam-related cases. I gave some brief remarks to The Straits Times with my take on the new guidelines. One of the trickiest things in sentencing is figuring out how to bridge the qualitative - quantitative gap. Judges and lawyers know they have to apply principles like deterrence, retribution, protection and rehabilitation, but how do these translate into a specific number of weeks' or months' imprisonment? The guidelines help a lot with this, nailing down indicative starting points for common types of offences. This helps lawyers and judges by giving them a common starting point from which to reason. This is a bigger deal than it might seem, as lawyers sometimes end up talking past each other if they don't have common premises to start with. Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) SUSS School of Law RHTLaw Asia LLP #criminallaw #sentencing