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South Africans seem to be fascinated with the way in which spying is entwined in the country’s politics.
In many legal jurisdictions of the world, including Australia, an offender’s remorse is a mitigating factor at sentencing. And yet how judges evaluate such expressions is unclear.
Remorse is a vital, but often overlooked and underused aspect of justice, for both the victim and the offender.
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Professor in Community and Criminal Justice, De Montfort University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, and Visiting Professor of International Relations, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor in Media and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, Edge Hill University
