A legal and social debate in New Zealand over whether to scrap character references for sexual offenders, examining the impact on sentencing fairness, victim trauma, and the need for evidence-based reforms in the Sentencing Act.
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crucial for equitable, victim-informed policy
National wants to scrap sexual offender character references. Should NZ go further?Social-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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