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    Top judge urges caution over plan to ban character references

    ABC News Australia
    October 12, 2026
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    Top judge urges caution over plan to ban character references

    While the WA government has announced plans to ban character references in criminal cases, the state's chief justice says references can help judges better understand an offender's prospects of rehabilitation.

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