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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Good character has been abolished as a mitigating factor in sentencing sexual assault cases in NSW ...

A survivor advocate behind the campaign calling for good character references to be abolished in sentencing perpetrators of sexual offences has described the NSW reform as "an absolute victory". On ...

Consideration is being given to limiting or ending the use of good character references in some court proceedings. It comes after a good character reference was given by former UUP chairman and ...

TUESDAY, May 12, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- There has been an increase in fabricated references used in medical papers, according to a research letter published in the May 9 issue of The Lancet. Maxim ...

Consideration is being given to limiting or ending the use of good character references in some court proceedings. It comes after a good character reference given by former Ulster Unionist Party ...

Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows has said he is "disgusted" after the former party chairman provided a character reference for convicted paedophile teacher William Lloyd-Lavery, who also ...

The incident, witnessed by multiple MPs and staffers, came after Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane collared Attorney-General Michael Daley over proposed changes which would scrap character references for ...

The outrage over the character reference provided by David Campbell to convicted child abuser William Lloyd-Lavery was both predictable and justified. Campbell, chair of the Loyalist Communities ...

The state of Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI to stop the company's AI chatbots from posing as doctors and offering medical advice, in violation of state medical licensing rules. State officials ...

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

Pennsylvania has sued the maker of Character.AI, alleging that it violated state law by presenting an AI chatbot character as a licensed doctor. The lawsuit was filed in a state court by the ...