Increased sentence reductions are intended to encourage more criminals to confess and thus ease the pressure on the courts. In a principled ruling based on a pair of underpants, the Supreme Court has now charted the reduction levels.
It did not receive much media attention when the Supreme Court ruled in case ’99/2024′ last month.
Nevertheless, a decision was made that day that is now expected to become a crowning document for the country’s defense lawyers. A document that they can keep at the top of their drawer when they are facing a defendant who is considering whether it will be worth the trouble to try to plead not guilty in a trial or simply confess.
