offenders
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Extreme overcrowding, underfunding, corruption and mixing hardened criminals with minor offenders are some reasons Latin American prisons have become crime hubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Barnes said the department will cooperate with ICE to the extent the law allows to prevent serious criminal offenders from returning to communities they have preyed on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 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
"We can now let these offenders die in obscurity while we forever remember and honour the victims," he said in a letter.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Former juvenile offenders who had later become well-known public figures filed supporting documents, including very conservative politicians like former U.S. senator Alan Simpson from Wyoming.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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