probation
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On Monday, a judge approved Xu’s petition to have his felony charge dismissed following the completion of his probation earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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
Lopez, who works in construction, was on probation at the time of the incident, Kremer said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
But the school declined to expel or suspend the graduate student, and instead ordered a written reprimand, a reflection essay, and two months of disciplinary probation just before he graduated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
My probation officer thinks he’s slick; he swears he’s an expert on gangs.
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
The terms of the probations haven’t been announced, however.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2015
A super prison would be "cheaper and better," but there are "risks about having a big institution that then becomes difficult to control," explains former Conservative prisons and probations minister, Crispin Blunt.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2013
She was in earnest, evidently prepared to work, but her imagination flew over preliminaries and probations, took no account of the steps in the process, especially the first tiresome ones, the hard test of honesty.
From The Tragic Muse by Henry James
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