offenders
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Courts have already sent 217 people, half of them first-time offenders, to prison over the events on Saturday, officials said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Bafflingly, repertory screenings are where I’ve run into some of the worst offenders.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Last year, Lynd Fruit Farm in Pataskala, Ohio, warned visitors it would call the sheriff’s office on offenders who hid their pickings at checkout, reporting apple thefts of $80, $160 and $400 at a time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
ICE, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has defended its arrests near courthouses as a “common sense” approach to apprehending offenders at times and locations where authorities know they will be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
There was some legal jargon, but I grasped this: She committed J.T. and Digger to the custody of juvenile services—to nine months in a forestry camp for juvenile offenders out in western Maryland.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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