Victim Relief as Key Sentencing Test to Be Abolished

Considering both positive and negative outcomes, just as a jury might listen to both sides of an argument in a court of law, enables you to see the larger picture. Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock

Sitting in a courtroom hearing a convicted criminal described as having “good character” may soon be a thing of the past under a nation-leading criminal reform.

Laws to abolish good character as a mitigating factor in all criminal proceedings will be introduced by the NSW government next week.