first offender
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Defence solicitor advocate Iain Paterson told the court his client was a first offender.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2024
The felony carries up to four years in prison but "no one gets jail time for that as a first offender," a New York law enforcement official told Yahoo News.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023
The third threshold was $250 million, with tax rates of 62.5% for the first offender 75% for the second and 95% for the third.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2022
Paul Hodgkins, a Florida man, was the first offender to be sentenced when he received eight months in prison in July for obstructing an official proceeding.
From Fox News • Sep. 3, 2021
Indignant at such vandalism, Marcoy caught the first offender by the plaited tails at the back of the neck.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various
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