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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TUESDAY, May 12, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- There has been an increase in fabricated references used in medical papers, according to a research letter published in the May 9 issue of The Lancet. Maxim ...

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 ...

Stormont’s justice minister wants to end the ability of convicted sex offenders to have character references presented in court before they are sentenced, saying the current system causes trauma to ...

Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows has said he is "disgusted" after the former party chairman provided a character reference for convicted paedophile teacher William Lloyd-Lavery, who also ...

The incident, witnessed by multiple MPs and staffers, came after Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane collared Attorney-General Michael Daley over proposed changes which would scrap character references for ...

The state of Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI to stop the company's AI chatbots from posing as doctors and offering medical advice, in violation of state medical licensing rules. State officials ...