The consideration of good character references for accused rapists will now be restricted under major Queensland court reforms, as was recommended earlier this year by a Queensland Sentencing ...

The consideration of good character references for accused rapists will be restricted under major Queensland court reforms but some advocates say it does not go far enough. The changes introduced ...

Defence barrister Tom Polley provided the court with a character reference, which triggered Justice Crow’s attack on “good person” references for drug suppliers. “There’s been a bit of ...

Because rapists are not “good” people, character references are redundant and should be abolished for rape cases, especially child rape ones, advocacy groups say. And one group says if ...

Now imagine having gotten a guilty verdict, and then being forced to listen to what a great bloke the offender is, as friends give character references in statements that will then be submitted by ...

Courts will also have restricted treatment of certain good character evidence when sentencing offenders convicted of sexual offences of a sexual nature, meaning mates of accused rapists and sex ...