Consideration is being given to limiting or ending the use of good character references in some court proceedings. It comes after a good character reference was given by former UUP chairman and ...

Consideration is being given to limiting or ending the use of good character references in some court proceedings. It comes after a good character reference given by former Ulster Unionist Party ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Good character has been abolished as a mitigating factor in sentencing sexual assault cases in NSW ...

A survivor advocate behind the campaign calling for good character references to be abolished in sentencing perpetrators of sexual offences has described the NSW reform as "an absolute victory". On ...

The National Party is promising to ban judges from taking into account good character references when sentencing sex offenders. While the references could still be provided to the court, if elected ...

A sexual violence campaigner is “stoked” that National is planning to ban judges from considering good character references while sentencing sex offenders, but lawyers warn the change could lead to ...

Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that’s able to escalate untrusted users to root by ...

Good character references will no longer be important factors considered during sentencing for sexual crimes in NSW. After pushing to end the use of character references for all crimes, a scaled-back ...

This is the year the first baby boomers—those born in 1946—turn 80, and that cohort includes Donald Trump. (His big day is ...

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