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CRIMINAL PRACTICE
Plea in mitigation
Sentencing Act 2020 / Sentencing Council guidelines
Persuade the court towards the least severe appropriate sentence.
Step 1: Get the real rules
Open the official version and keep it beside you while you work through each part below.
Sentencing Council guidelines (opens in a new tab)- Offence seriousness
- Guideline category
- Aggravating and mitigating factors
- Personal mitigation
- Credit for plea
- Proposed sentence