The Minns Labor Government will legislate to stop convicted offenders relying on evidence of their ‘good character’ in sentencing proceedings.

Convicted criminals won’t be able to use references from family and friends to get more lenient sentences in NSW, but more widespread change could be hard.

Abolishing the use of "good character" evidence as a mitigating factor for offenders during sentencing proceedings will ...

Good character’ references used to try to reduce sentences for convicted criminals – including pedophiles and murderers – are ...

Offenders in NSW will no longer be able to use “good character” to argue for a lighter sentence, but lack of prior ...