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1 Kedourie v. Attorney General, Cr. App. 97/57 (1958) 12(ii) P.D. 1345, 1350; and see Abu Amram v. Attorney General, Cr. App. 158/58 (1959) 13(iii) P.D. 1965; Bardrian v. State oflsrael, Cr. App. 418/77 (1978) 32(iii) P.D. 3.
2 On the Israeli law, see Anonymous v. State of Israel, Cr. App. 2796, 2813, 2814/95 (1997) Takdin Elyon 97(2) 283; Mordechai v. State oflsrael, Cr. App. 4389/93 (1996) 50(iii) P.D. 239; Kremnitzer, Mordechai, “The Perpetrator in Penal Law” (1990) 1 Plilim 65Google Scholar; and see Jescheck & Weigend, at 641 ff.
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4 Jescheck & Weigend, at 224–25.
5 See, also, Elon J. in Anonymous v. State oflsrael, Cr. App. 212/79 (1980) 34(ii) P.D. 421, 426: “Giving expression to the extent and severity of the sentence within the boundaries presented by the legislature is entrusted to the wisdom and conscience of the judge.”
6 See Kremnitzer, M., “Constitutional Principles and Criminal Law” (1993) 27 Is. L. Rev. 84CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Rubinstein, A. & Medina, B., The Constitutional Law oflsrael, 5th ed. (Tel Aviv, Schocken, 1996, in Hebrew)Google Scholar; Kannai, R., “Guidance for Sentencing in Supreme Court Judgements” (1993) 24 Mishpatim 97Google Scholar; Bazak, J., Punishment Principles and Application in Israel and in Jewisk Law, rev. ed. (Tel Aviv, Dvir Press, 1998, in Hebrew).Google Scholar On the Report of the Committee for Examining Methods for Structuring Judicial Discretion in Sentencing (Jerusalem, Government Press, 1997), see text accompanying nn. 14–18 infra.
7 Anonymous v. State oflsrael, supra n. 5, at 434; Hadad v. State of Israel, Cr. App. 4419/95 (1986) 50(ii) P.D. 752, 763.
8 Also see the Report of the Committee, supra n. 6, pp. 1–3; Kannai, supra n. 6, 101.
9 Anonymous v. State oflsrael, supra n. 5, at 426, 432.
10 Abergil v. State of Israel, Cr. App. 724/76 (1978) 32(i) P.D. 141, 144–45.
11 State oflsrael v. Bar-On, Cr. App. 329/87 (1988) 42(i) P.D. 382, 387; and see Ouda v. State of Israel, Cr. App. 575/88 (1988) 42(iv) P.D. 242; Sabag v. State of Israel, Cr. App. 257/89 (1990) 44(iii) P.D. 746.
12 See Zegal v. State of Israel, Cr. App. 10/86 (1986) 40 (ii) P.D. 769; Kozkov v. State of Israel, Cr. App. 238/79 (1980) 34 (ii) P.D. 624; Hadad, supra n. 7, p. 764.
13 See Miara v. State of Israel, Cr. App. 705/81 (1982) 36(iv) P.D. 223.
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15 Report of the Committee, supra n. 6, at 7–8.
16 Ibid., at 11.
17 Ibid., at 48–49.
18 Ibid., at 12.
19 Ibid., at 11.
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