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offender

[uh-fen-der] / əˈfɛn dər /


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Rehabilitation experts say that the recalls are often more likely to be linked to the offender failing to keep to appointments or living at a specific address.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 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

She never rewarded them and she punished an offender only twice before she removed her.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

"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

"We can now let these offenders die in obscurity while we forever remember and honour the victims," he said in a letter.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Nine months after the passage of Proposition 21,30 percent of all teen offenders in California were being charged as adults.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater


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