offender
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The offender wasn’t an outsider managing his money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
George was told "you are plainly the most responsible offender", while Ionela was told she was "a senior trusted manager rather than a person who exercised total control".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
When study participants were asked to report on their experiences confronting other people, nearly 72% had heard a denial, attack, and reversal of victim and offender.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Last week, the Bulwark reported that one of his campaign ads featured Ramaswamy meeting with a registered sex offender.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
If someone calls Sasha by the wrong name, the card instructed, the offender must discard a card from his/her hand.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
The most up to date statistics show that just 12,338 offenders were sent back to jail for breaching their terms between April and June.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
On Monday the latest release of weekly data showed there were 86,982 people in jail, with enough spare spaces to take in 2,076 additional offenders if needs be.
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
“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,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Some states changed their statutes to create more hopeful sentences for child offenders.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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