offender

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Justice Department leaders offered to meet with lawmakers in the midst of sustained criticism over their handling of files on the sex offender.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Once released, he will be required to register as a sex offender.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer has avoided saying whether he spoke to Peter Mandelson about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, before picking the peer as the UK's ambassador to the US.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But he queried whether authorities would ordinarily have a duty to keep victims and their families informed if an offender "misbehaved in prison".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Any municipal jail, he figured, expects many of their prisoners to leave within a day or two, through bonds or dropped charges or any number of outcomes for the small-time offender.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers