Convicted criminals won’t be able to use references from family and friends to get more lenient sentences in NSW, but more widespread change could be hard.

Convicted offenders in NSW will soon be unable to rely on a key type of evidence during sentencing, under major new reforms.

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Abolishing the use of "good character" evidence as a mitigating factor for offenders during sentencing proceedings will ...

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 ...