How has the sentence for arson been reduced on appeal?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Young, 2014 CanLII 70318 (NL PC):
In JKL v. The State of Western Australia [2012] WASCA 215, the offender pleaded guilty to numerous burglary and theft offences as well as a single arson offence. The arson offence involved setting fire to a car stolen during a burglary. The offender was twenty-one years of age and had no relevant prior convictions. On appeal the sentence for the arson offence was reduced from four years to three years imprisonment.
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