offender

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Those files exposed a friendship between the convicted sex offender and Peter Mandelson, a Labour Party grandee and Mr. Starmer’s choice for ambassador to Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

He formally took up the post in February 2025, before being removed last September when further details about his past ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came to light.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Two girls aged 16 and 17 have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"It became clear that Garfield had intended to portray himself as a victim to make the real victim in this case look like an offender."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Fifty years ago, the prevailing concept in the American criminal justice system was that everyone in the community is the victim when an offender commits a violent crime.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson