probation
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He reached a plea deal and was put on probation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 2018, court records show, she again violated probation and was mandated to a treatment program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Kerrie Eastman, a former probation service manager, has run Streets2Homes since 2010.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The judge said at the time that if he completed the terms of his probation, he could reduce the felony conviction to a misdemeanor and have both charges expunged from his record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Although “debtor’s prison” is illegal in all states, many states use the threat of probation or parole revocation as a debt-collection tool.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
A trained barrister, he is a former solicitor general for England and Wales, and has been prisons and probations minister.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023
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
Independently of the theory of Satanic intervention which the above details are adduced to disprove, they are very interesting in themselves, for the insight they give into the exact character of these terrible probations.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 by Various
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