offender
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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
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
It follows a predictable pattern: deny the harm, attack the credibility of the person who named the harm, and reverse the roles of victim and offender.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Mr. McNamara, is this child your main offender, your chief suspect, or a recalcitrant informer?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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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
Sara explained she campaigned for the law - which came into effect in 2011 - as she found it unfair that sex offenders could serve their jail time and then be anonymous.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 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
"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
Yet the majority of hate-crime offenders don’t fit the stereotype of the squinting, bristle-headed loner with a swastika tattoo or a Confederate flag T-shirt.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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