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first offender

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first offender
a person convicted of any criminal offence for the first time


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Under existing baseball rules, a first offender can challenge the case through legal procedures or admit to having a problem and seek help.
Thus, even in those cases that did not result in a plea-bargain agreement, a typical sentence for a first offender would be 12 months' probation, a fine, and perhaps some public service.
In one possible scenario, when a user attempts to use a P2P application to illegally download a copyrighted song or movie, a notification could be automatically sent and the user classified as a first offender.
 
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