first offender
Example Sentences
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They were also allowed to plead guilty under Georgia’s first offender law, meaning that if they complete their probation without violating the terms or committing another crime, their records will be wiped clean.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Lord Tyre requested a background report on the first offender ahead of sentencing.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2022
The third threshold was $250 million, with tax rates of 62.5% for the first offender 75% for the second and 95% for the third.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
Paul Hodgkins, a Florida man, was the first offender to be sentenced when he received eight months in prison in July for obstructing an official proceeding.
From Fox News ● Sep. 3, 2021
Is it any wonder that this first offender comes out of prison a confirmed criminal, and that “the last state of that man is worse than the first”?
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
