Supreme Court allows sentencing for serious drug offenses based on individual circumstances and proportionality principles.

The Supreme Court of Finland allowed the appeal regarding the assessment of punishment for a serious drug offense. The defendant argued that the sentence violated principles of proportionality and equality by failing to adequately compare it with sentences for co-defendants in the same case. The court decided that the lower court correctly applied the principle of proportionality by considering the specific circumstances of the individual offender rather than relying solely on a mechanical comparison with other defendants.