By Nathan Baker ( July 27, 2021, 2:11 PM EDT) -- Sentencing is one of the most difficult parts of a judge’s job. Sentencing must fit both the offence and the offender. It is a highly singular exercise as no case, and indeed no offender, is quite like another. However, our system relies on precedents and trends. While strict equivalence is not appropriate, equity and predictability are desirable. If there was no parity, then the idea of general deterrence would be impossible. An offender must be able to know with some specificity, what is an appropriate range of sentence....