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The
Government
acknowledge
that
since
2009
the
State
Court
has
applied
either
the
1976
or
the
2003
Code
in
determining
the
sentences
to
be
imposed
(
see
paragraph
63
)
and
claim
that
they
do
not
approve
of
such
an
approach
.
It
is
here
that
the
real
problem
lies
.
The
main
question
for
the
Court
is
whether
,
in
determining
the
applicants
’
cases
,
the
State
Court
examined
which
Code
provided
for
a
more
lenient
sentence
,
given
the
crimes
imputed
to
these
applicants
.
As
far
as
I
can
see
the
State
Court
was
not
in
the
habit
of
conducting
such
an
assessment
,
at
least
at
the
time
of
the
adjudication
of
these
cases
and
prior
to
2009
,
and
it
is
on
this
limited
ground
that
I
find
a
violation
of
Article
7
.
I
consider
that
the
Court
’s
speculation
as
to
what
the
sentence
might
have
been
had
the
1976
Code
been
applied
goes
beyond
the
scope
of
Article
7
.
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