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First offender

A person who authorities believe has committed a crime but has never before been convincted of a crime.

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first offender
Law; Legal services; General law

A person who has never before been convicted of a crime and who may be entitled to more lenient treatment, such as a short sentence, diversion rather than prosecution, or expunge ...

first offender
Legal services; Criminal

A person who authorities believe has committed a crime but has never before been convincted of a crime.

first offender
Law; General law

A person who has never before been convicted of a crime and who may be entitled to more lenient treatment, such as a short sentence, diversion rather than prosecution, or expunge ...

offender
Legal services; General law

person who committed a crime

offender
Medical; Health care; Medicine

Persons who have committed a crime but have not yet been convicted of the offense.

offender
Language; Dictionaries

One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer.

beyond a reasonable doubt
Legal services; Criminal

The standard of the burden of proof in a criminal case; a jury must be fully assured within their own minds that the defendant committed the crime.

sentence
Legal services; Criminal

In a criminal case, the sentence is the punishment provided by the court, sometimes after a recommendation by a jury.

sentencing phase
Legal services; Criminal

During this phase in criminal cases, both parties may call witnesses and present evidence to argue the most appropriate punishment.

homicide
Legal services; Criminal

Taking the life of another may be murder, manslaughter, or not a crime at all is termed as homicide in criminal law.

physical-proximity test
Legal services; Criminal

A common law test for the crime of attempt, focusing on how much more the defendant would have needed to do to complete the offense.

halfway house
Legal services; Criminal

A transitional housing facility designed to rehabilitate people who left a prison.

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