Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With just over four months before trial is scheduled to begin for the four officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols' civil ...

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 ...

The major reform responds to a NSW Sentencing Council report which examined the issue in April 2024, and flagged concerns that ‘good character’ evidence was not operating effectively. On Wednesday, ...

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 ...

Convicted offenders will soon be unable to rely on "good character" evidence as a mitigating factor during sentencing in NSW. The state government says the law reform will reduce trauma for ...

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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