The use of character references in sexual crime cases should be reformed urgently, campaigners have told BBC News NI. Haileigh Ashton Lamont, a victim of sexual abuse who now works with survivors, ...

Two Los Angeles prosecutors who supported the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez announced that they planned to sue the new district attorney for "harassment, discrimination, and retaliation." ...

A former mayor at the centre of a controversy over a court reference for a convicted rapist made an emotional apology at a ...

A Bundaberg father has been re-sentenced after submitting a forged character reference from his “counsellor” in a magistrates ...

Hundreds of Territory frontline workers have signed an open letter protesting mandatory sentencing for worker assaults. Here’s why they aren’t happy with the laws designed to keep them safe.

He also ordered Colvin to write a letter of apology to his ... Colvin's punishment was handed after a sentencing hearing during which the court heard character witnesses, including former Lubbock ...

Cancel any time. Manitoba’s highest court has reduced the prison time given to a prolific shoplifter, despite a judge’s insistence a lesser sentence would diminish public faith in the justice ...

"The imposition of sentence is one of the most difficult decisions that any criminal court judge is called to make," Merchan said, noting the court "must consider the facts of the case along with ...

Trump is scheduled to appear virtually at the sentencing ... elect's conduct in court. "And notwithstanding defendant's past and upcoming service as President, his history, character, and ...