offenders
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“I have worked extensively with issues of competency, insanity and mentally disordered offenders, requiring close collaboration with medical experts and careful application of nuanced legal standards,” he said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
In cases involving nonviolent crimes, diversion is more likely than jail to keep people from becoming repeat offenders, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The offenders were stopped in their tracks by audience members shushing - some even hissing - or having a quiet word, but in each case it still momentarily broke the spell of the film.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The law since has been adjusted to allow courts to impose bail for repeat retail-theft offenders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Newspapers launched crusades against pestilent alleys and excess smoke and identified the worst offenders in print—among them Burnham’s newly opened Masonic Temple, which the Chicago Tribune likened to Mount Vesuvius.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
