probation
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During the visit, guards saw Randall try to pass a blue balloon to her son, a deputy probation officer wrote in the report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In the probation report after the conviction, Brambles again professed his innocence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
A probation officer said it is "not clear there's anything actually new here in terms of how probation staff are going to manage people being released earlier".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
In 2019, Riches was sentenced to an additional five years probation for impersonating Jared Loughner while fraudulently suing former U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The judge told me that I would be on probation for three years and have to do community service for a month and two weeks.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Documents may include formal accusations, which detail allegations of gross negligence and other violations; letters of reprimand; and disciplinary orders spelling out stipulated agreements, suspensions, revocations and probations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Their protests earned them 12-month probations from the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2020
Some want uniform caps on probation terms and the Senate bill calls for such limits: three years for misdemeanors and five years for probations.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
By mid-July, having violated their probations, both of Hannah’s parents were in jail.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2013
There ought, moreover, to be annual probations, and proper prizes or premiums allotted, to excite emulation in the youths, and give life to their studies.
From Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe by Daniel Defoe
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