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.

The Trump administration has issued new directives to screen legal immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship. Applicants will now be required to display what seems to be heightened “good moral character,” ...

The Trump administration is taking steps to expand the “good moral character” test for U.S. citizenship. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that officers will be told to give more ...

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

My daughter recently started her freshman year of high school. Yeah. I know. If you have been following this column for some time, you may remember that I first wrote about her in 2020 when the ...