The number of years former House Speaker Michael Madigan spent in Springfield has often been used as shorthand to explain his ...

With the new bill introduced in Queensland, good character references can only be used as a mitigating factor if it is relevant to the offender’s prospects of rehabilitation or risk of offending.

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Actor Bryce Durfee will make his debut as the new recurring character Vaughn during the Friday, March 7, episode of “General Hospital.” Vaughn will serve as Josslyn Jacks’ (Eden McCoy) new ...

In the draft comprehensive plan of Envision Evanston 2045, written by the consultant HDR, Inc. of Omaha, the word “character” appears one time — in an obligatory reference to Daniel Burnham’s ...

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 ...

Child sexual abuse survivors want to ban the use of good character references for convicted sex offenders in Queensland. In court, people who know the offender can write letters about their good ...

If you’re convicted of sexual abuse, your friends and family can tell the court how good you are, with the hope of a more lenient sentence. There are calls for this to change.

Why AI-generated recommendation letters sell applicants short ChatGPT can do many things, but writing a personal endorsement is not one of them, says Maroun Khoury. By ...

Mary Lou claims ‘very senior members’ of Coalition wrote character references for ‘convicted rapists and child abusers’ With a general election fast approaching, rising temperatures have ...

When mum-of-two Alyssa James went to police about the sex abuse she endured as a six-year-old girl, the last thing she expected was to uncover glowing character references about her abuser.