offenders
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Dismissal of the charges follows 51-year-old Vem Miller’s completion of a county program that allows first-time, low-level offenders to have their criminal charges dropped and arrest records sealed after completing a set of requirements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Downing Street had earlier warned it would not be possible to exclude "one or two offenders" convicted of manslaughter from early release.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Their workload will increase substantially when more offenders - some of whom will have been convicted of violent offences - will be released months earlier than planned as part of the Sentencing Act.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The government is set to release 5,000 offenders from October as part of new laws to create more space in overcrowded prisons.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Some were not prosecuted, typically because they were first-time offenders who were issued warnings, but six of the women—including three teachers and a nurse—went to trial.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
