Character references can be a powerful tool in your job search arsenal, especially when aiming for high-paying positions. Whether you’re providing one for a colleague or requesting one for yourself, ...

A survivor of clerical abuse is calling for the Justice Minister to end or limit the use of character references in court cases, particularly in relation to sexual offences against children. Tony ...

This week, NSW was announced as the first jurisdiction to end the use of good character references in the sentencing of convicted criminals, with the government introducing new reforms to amend the ...

A former East Palo Alto city employee allegedly molested and supplied drugs repeatedly to a 13-year-old he met while working ...

Despite the character references, Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison. By Winston Cho The judge overseeing Danny Masterson‘s criminal case handed the actor the maximum allowable ...

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 no longer be able to lean on “good character” evidence in sentencing proceedings with the Minns government to abolish the mitigating factor to reduce “re-traumatising” victims ...

Victorian Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny is examining a NSW government push to ban the controversial references following pleas from child sexual abuse survivors who say the mechanism is ...