offenders

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The Modern Slavery Act 2015 brought together existing anti-exploitation offences into one law, and created new duties and powers to protect victims and prosecute offenders.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

“We absolutely need a functioning immigration system that includes taking violent offenders off our streets to keep our communities safe,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

In cases involving nonviolent crimes, diversion is more likely than jail to keep people from becoming repeat offenders, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The offenders were stopped in their tracks by audience members shushing - some even hissing - or having a quiet word, but in each case it still momentarily broke the spell of the film.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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