offender

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Streeting has been linked to Peter Mandelson, whose appointment as British ambassador to the US - despite his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein - led to questions being raised about Sir Keir's judgement.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

TikToker, Finian Hackett, who posts about film and theatre, feels "the worst offender is phones".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

But police officials said one helpful tool has been a law allowing investigators to aggregate the thefts of a repeat offender at the same store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Those files exposed a friendship between the convicted sex offender and Peter Mandelson, a Labour Party grandee and Mr. Starmer’s choice for ambassador to Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Fifty years ago, the prevailing concept in the American criminal justice system was that everyone in the community is the victim when an offender commits a violent crime.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson