McIlvanney, too, sought grace in his writing – not a word is wasted, each sentence measured, poetic and perfect.
Others have imposed tougher sentencing measures, particularly for repeat offenses.
(This trend is also evident in other sentencing measures like "three strikes" laws).
His trial, at a time when federal judges are chafing against strict sentencing measures passed by Congress, was the culmination of an extraordinary courtroom collision between a judge and the law he is sworn to uphold.
The fact Labor was yet to strip back many harsh sentencing measures for gang and drug crime introduced under Newman, including anti-bikie laws that high-level independent reviews had recommended repealing, further belied Dutton's claim, Ananian-Welsh said.
This could include serving their time in the community, or in a program to address any drug addictions, as well as culturally appropriate sentencing measures for indigenous offenders.
Most are in for murder, serving sentences measured in decades.
Mr. Stevens tucked a one-sentence measure to do just that into the fine print of the $60 billion transportation appropriations bill, which the Senate passed earlier this month.
Visiting the state earlier this month, Anthony Kennedy, a justice on the US Supreme Court, said it was "sick" that the CCPOA had sponsored the "three-strikes" law of 1994, a notorious sentencing measure that contributes to prison overcrowding.
Proposition 47, the sentencing measure, pushed California to the forefront of the national drug decriminalization debate.
