offenders
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Dismissal of the charges follows 51-year-old Vem Miller’s completion of a county program that allows first-time, low-level offenders to have their criminal charges dropped and arrest records sealed after completing a set of requirements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"It's also about looking at how we manage our offenders, how we manage and prevent re-offending happening so that we can prevent people becoming victims in the first place."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Ministers argue urgent action is required to address record levels of overcrowding in Scotland's jails, but organisations representing victims of crime say exemptions for sex offenders and people convicted of domestic abuse should be considered.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Their workload will increase substantially when more offenders - some of whom will have been convicted of violent offences - will be released months earlier than planned as part of the Sentencing Act.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
There was some legal jargon, but I grasped this: She committed J.T. and Digger to the custody of juvenile services—to nine months in a forestry camp for juvenile offenders out in western Maryland.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
