offender
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Readings include a former president’s lecture about gender at Harvard, as well as the school’s own reports on its legacy of slavery and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to the university.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Senate nominee, Michael Whatley, for his ties to Harvey West Jr., a GOP donor and convicted sex offender whom Whatley repeatedly elevated to top posts within the state Republican Party.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
The strategy aims to target organised retail crime, implement an offender management programme and to establish preventative measures.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The greatest offender in this category remains Gérôme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Instead of a faceless state or community, crime victims were featured at trial, and criminal cases took on the dynamics of a traditional civil trial, pitting the family of the victim against the offender.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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At a Co-op store in London, the BBC is shown staff wearing body cams, CCTV, a one-way system with gates and screens protecting cashiers from potential offenders.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Marks and Spencer has a policy of issuing lifetime bans to shoplifters, which Lewis said could be a big deterrent and a big shock, especially to younger offenders.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The Police Department has cracked down on speeding and street racing in recent years using drones and other technology to nab offenders, Oldoerp said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
"And when creators make a business model out of humiliating strangers, platforms must adopt a zero-tolerance approach and suspend repeat offenders," she added.
From Barron's
Another Reagan appointee, Judge Stanley Marshall, told a reporter, “I’ve always been considered a fairly harsh sentencer, but it’s killing me that I’m sending so many low-level offenders away for all this time.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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