Child sexual abuse survivors want to ban the use of good character references for convicted sex offenders in Queensland. In court, people who know the offender can write letters about their good ...
Victorian Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny is examining a NSW government push to ban the controversial references following pleas from child sexual abuse survivors who say the mechanism is ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Conversation,Elīna Arāja/Pexels In a recent Newcastle trial, a jury found three men guilty on multiple charges of sexually ...
Haileigh Ashton Lamont believes those convicted of sexual crimes should not have the option of a character reference. The use of character references in sexual crime cases should be reformed urgently, ...
A serial fraudster who fleeced victims by using the names of top US politicians and Saudi Arabian princes may have forged good character references to try to avoid prison, a court has heard. The ...
In short: The ACT Bar Association says it will not support a proposed reform to stop people convicted of child sexual abuse using good-character references in their court sentencing. Harrison James, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New South Wales is set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to end the use of good character references in the ...
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