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first offender

a person convicted of any criminal offence for the first time
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First offenders' BACs at time of arrest are almost as high as the rates of repeat offenders.
Shattering misconceptions about first-time drunk driving offenders
Ramsell also predicts a "sympathy factor" on the part of the courts and even prosecutors and municipal enforcement authorities for first offenders that will result in more suspensions being rescinded by agreement.
New DUI bill replaces JDPs with "monitoring device driving permits": a major overhaul of DUI law doubles the summary-suspension period and requires offenders to submit to alcohol monitoring devices in return for driving permits. Critics charge that it will produce unintended consequences, including fewer guilty pleas
I have just read in Nouvel Observateur of French success with electronic ankle bracelet monitoring devices for first offenders, (except sex offenders).
New punishment options
The maximum fine for using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving will be doubled from pounds 30 to pounds 60, and endorsable with three points for first offenders.
Bill cracks down on motorists
What concerns us is that under present proposals first offenders will still only get a pounds 200 fixed penalty notice when stopped by police.
Voice Of The People: Courts must drive dodgers off road
The study of 333 first offenders tracked for two years showed 80.7 percent of peer court graduates did not commit another crime.
Peer court successes again face fund cuts
I have never advocated custodial sentences for first offenders.
Mirror M@ilbox: Don't jail them
The data contained in Tables 1, 2, 3 & 4 show that there is a statistically significant difference between the mean scores on SELF for the First Offenders and the high school Air Force JROTC cadets.
IDENTIFYING THE FIRST OFFENDERS BY USE OF JROTC SELF-FULFILLMENT INVENTORY SCORES
In state prisons, 41 percent of first offenders have used drugs regularly, compared to 63 percent of inmates with two prior convictions, and 81 percent of those with five or more.
A new prescription: investing in substance-abuse treatment would take a big bite out of crime
Meanwhile, first offenders with more than 80 milligrammes would be banned for 18 months.
One-pint limit for drivers

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