offenders
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Preaching on commercial buses was first prohibited in Ghana in 2012, with offenders facing up to 30 days in prison.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Roy would use the city attorney’s role as the prosecutor of most misdemeanor crimes to funnel nonviolent offenders into diversion programs, such as mental health treatment or vocational training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Probation officers will have to work harder to monitor offenders all around the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The office also can lift obstacles to building more affordable housing, while using its prosecutor role to shift many homeless offenders to diversion programs “rather than cycling people between jails and our streets,” Roy said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of nonviolent offenders have been forced to spend decades in prison.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
