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probation

noun as in trial period

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Boardman said she didn’t consider Roske a threat to the public and was confident that, upon her release, her family and probation would help her manage her mental health issues.

Following a jail stint for assault and theft, Mike gets a probation officer, a room at a hostel and a cook job at a shabby hotel.

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Detectives from the Beverly Hills Police Department arrested him in 2021 for burglary and theft, according to a probation report.

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Many victims have told The Times that they suffered egregious abuse decades ago at the hands of probation staff, who they said would molest them and threaten them with solitary confinement if they told higher-ups.

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Prosecutors and defense attorneys had both agreed that Williams should receive a sentence of probation.

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