probation
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The younger boy's probation supervision will be for one and half years.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
For the series, Frampton spent time with officers and those on probation, as well as hearing the stories of victims of crimes.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Fulton County Superior Court Senior Judge Jane C. Barwick sentenced Evans, who was set to go on trial this week, to two years in prison and three years on probation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Gene Levoff, a former senior lawyer at Apple, pleaded guilty in 2022 to trading on inside information about Apple’s quarterly performance and was sentenced to four years of probation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
One in 9 black men between the ages of twenty and thirty-five was behind bars in 2006, and far more were under some form of penal control—such as probation or parole.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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