probation
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In an email response to The Times, Kimberly Edds, spokesperson for the district attorney, said prosecutors were instead pursuing a probation violation against Lopez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Lopez was placed on two years’ probation, which he is now accused of violating following the Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Without naming Bogle, the letter, sent on Wednesday, said he had been identified as a high-risk offender by the probation service but was released on 1 October.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
He said probation had described O'Lali as having "a lack of victim empathy" and was considered to be at risk of further reoffending.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Conant went on probation for a year, to prove herself again.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
"We need make sure our communities are safe and criminals are taken back to prison when they break the terms of their probations," her eldest daughter Jess said.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
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
The terms of the probations haven’t been announced, however.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2015
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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