The Canadian Armed Forces is attempting to distance itself from senior military leaders who offer positive court character references to soldiers convicted of a criminal offence.

Acting couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis on Saturday took to social media to address some of the criticism they have received for sending letters of support to the Los Angeles judge overseeing ...

The use of references in criminal sentencing is under scrutiny after revelations an outdated character reference was provided to help defend child-sex offender Jeffrey "Joffa" Corfe without his ...

The MPP for Renfew-Nipissing-Pembroke has apologized for writing a character reference for a constituent — who was also a political supporter — charged with sexually assaulting his wife.