probation
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After pleading no contest, he was sentenced to probation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Under California law, a judge is required to dismiss the poisoning charge if every condition of probation has been followed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Napo, the probation service union, said the releases have put enormous strain on its members, who are charged with monitoring the offenders in the community.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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
Upon release, even more fees may attach, including parole or probation service fees.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
"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
Penalties listed in the guide include team probations and suspension from post-season play.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2016
Little by little, through divers probations, we begin to feel ground under our feet.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various
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