criminal record

Example Sentences

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I was told by ICE, on that first visit, that they don’t send anybody with a criminal record to Dilley.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

On Wednesday, CNN shared body camera footage from the shooting of Marimar Martinez, a Montessori school teacher in Chicago with no criminal record.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Harris said most of people held at the detention facility “have no criminal record whatsoever, and yet the government treats them worse than the highest-security criminals.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Its lawyers said the incident had not been foreseeable, as the driver in question had strong ratings by passengers and no criminal record.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

The “negative credential” associated with a criminal record represents a unique mechanism of state-sponsored stratification.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander