George Pell has been sentenced to 6 years in prison.
Non Parole period of 3 years 8 months.
Under our laws, that means he will serve a total of about 30 months.
There will almost certainly ban appeal against the severity of the sentence His sentence may be reduced, so he serves only about a year. OR may be overturned on appeal. This is relatively rare in Australia, our judges write excellent sentencing remarks, so their decisions are rarely changed.
Non Parole period of 3 years 8 months.
Under our laws, that means he will serve a total of about 30 months.
There will almost certainly ban appeal against the severity of the sentence His sentence may be reduced, so he serves only about a year. OR may be overturned on appeal. This is relatively rare in Australia, our judges write excellent sentencing remarks, so their decisions are rarely changed.
