CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Less than a month before the scheduled federal trial of Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry, U.S. attorneys have asked the presiding judge to limit admission of “self ...

Bangladesh to ban ‘immoral character’ evidence in rape cases. Experts say the Evidence Act, a 19th-century relic of British era, has been routinely used to discredit the survivors’ testimony.

Just over four months before trial is set to begin, a federal judge must decide whether character evidence will be admitted in the Tyre Nichols case.

During report stage debate, Mr Hughes argued that the right to a fair trial should not depend "on evidence about large elements of a defendant's previous life", which related "not just to previous ...

A report finds evidence the accused rapist's "good character" was referred to in more than 90 per cent of sexual assault cases sentenced in Queensland's District Court.