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Originally Posted by wackyv8
manditory except for "special reasons"
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Yeah I'm not quite sure how the judge got away with that. According to
this page
Offences That Cannot Receive a Community Correction Order
The Victorian Government has passed legislation limiting the courts’ use of non-custodial orders for two classes of serious offences described as ‘Category 1’ offences and ‘Category 2’ offences.
A court cannot impose a community correction order (or another non-custodial order) for the following Category 1 offences where the offence was committed on or after 20 March 2017:
causing serious injury intentionally in circumstances of gross violence
causing serious injury recklessly in circumstances of gross violence