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
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
Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the rules before.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
The guidelines state offenders jailed for four years or more for some serious violent or sexual offences will be released at the two thirds point.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 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
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
Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales, Claire Waxman OBE, said the announcement follows "tireless efforts of victims' families" not accepting offenders simply "opting out of facing justice".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Probably some social worker type of person had come up with this program called “O.L.D. Friend” for juvenile offenders.
From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold
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