Advisory panel set up to provide clarity and consistency on sentencing by Singapore courts

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A sentencing advisory panel has been set up to provide more consistency, transparency and awareness in the sentences meted out by the courts here.

In a statement on Thursday (June 2), the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) said the panel can propose approaches including sentencing bands based on harm and culpability and aggravating and mitigating factors.