Sec. 12.55.151. Court may not reduce or mitigate punishment based on victim's failure to appear or testify.
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Sec. 12.55.151. Court may not reduce or mitigate punishment based on victim's failure to appear or testify.
Notwithstanding another provision of law, when sentencing a defendant, a court may not mitigate or reduce the punishment of the defendant based on, or otherwise consider as a mitigating factor or reason to impose a lesser punishment, the failure of the crime victim to appear or testify.