Definition of nonviolent
: abstaining or free from violence
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He argued that nonviolent drug offenders should receive shorter sentences.
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His Justice Department is cracking down on nonviolent drug offenders and amping up prosecutions against non-criminal undocumented immigrants.
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The legislation directs the department to only remove children from their homes over allegations of violence or abuse, not for reasons like a parent having a low-income or being charged with a nonviolent misdemeanor.
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Ahead of peak tourism season, Maine’s Republican governor is pursuing an unconventional strategy to help ease the state’s labor shortage: releasing nonviolent offenders from prison early to get them back to work.
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Releasing 4,700 prisoners Louisiana's prisons would release 4,700 nonviolent inmates earlier than expected if the Department of Public Safety and Corrections takes a $7.2 million budget cut from the current year, Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc said.
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And immigration arrests and deportations of nonviolent offenders have increased dramatically.
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A Justice Department spokeswoman in San Juan refused to make prosecutors available for comment, and declined to explain why SWAT-style tactics were used on men accused of nonviolent crimes.
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Trump administration lawyers are urging the Supreme Court to reject a 2nd Amendment claim that would restore the right to own a gun for two Pennsylvania men who were convicted more than 20 years ago of nonviolent crimes.
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The Serbian Democratic Movement's home on the Web, devoted to a nonviolent solution to the conflict.
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First Known Use of nonviolent
1905
NONVIOLENT Defined for English Language Learners
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: not using or involving violence
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