Legal figures are pushing back against sweeping changes to New South Wales sentencing laws, warning proposed reforms to ...
Tasmania flags new laws to stop 'good character' evidence as mitigating factor for serious offending
Tasmanian Attorney-General Guy Barnett says the state will introduce legislation to stop the use of "good character" references by serious offenders to lessen sentences. A campaigner for victims of ...
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Good character evidence ban could create bad sentencing
A law preventing judges considering good character in sentencing is too indiscriminate and invites potential harms, legal experts warn.
Prosecutors moved to bar former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler’s defense from discussing “impermissible character evidence” about the teenager he is charged with killing and about Kepler’s ...
With just over four months before trial is scheduled to begin for the four officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights, a federal judge is now set to rule on whether certain evidence ...
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