offender
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Steven admits it wasn't easy for a young offender to start a new life but, after years of effort, he's about to graduate as a junior doctor.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The offender wasn’t an outsider managing his money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Her crime of assisting an offender is not one of the offences excluded from changes to the early release scheme.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
It follows a predictable pattern: deny the harm, attack the credibility of the person who named the harm, and reverse the roles of victim and offender.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Press coverage hyped the personal nature of the conflict between the offender and specific victim.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Extreme overcrowding, underfunding, corruption and mixing hardened criminals with minor offenders are some reasons Latin American prisons have become crime hubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Barnes said the department will cooperate with ICE to the extent the law allows to prevent serious criminal offenders from returning to communities they have preyed on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Napo, the probation service union, has previously said the releases have put enormous strain on its members who are charged with monitoring the offenders in the community.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
"I have concluded that attempting to distinguish among crimes and offenders for clemency would inadvertently create two classes of murder victims -- those whose perpetrators deserve the death penalty and then the rest," Newsom said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
A captain we’d never seen before came in and threatened us, swearing he’d track down and fire the worst offenders.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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