Examples of repeat offender in a Sentence
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The law effectively nullifies a 2023 state Supreme Court ruling holding that multiple convictions stemming from the same criminal complaint do not necessarily classify someone as a repeat offender.
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Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
What was most shocking was the identity of one of the two suspects: a repeat offender freed from a maximum-security prison to fight in Ukraine.
—Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
Just last month, a repeat offender shoved a woman off a nearby subway platform into a moving train, nearly killing her.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2023
Part of the punishment this time for the repeat offender was a month of counseling sessions.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
Silver may have gone easy on Morant the first time, but Morant could be a repeat offender.
—oregonlive, 15 May 2023
He had been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole under the state’s repeat offender law; his previous crimes included stealing a pack of cigarettes and a lighter and writing two bad checks to Home Depot.
—Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
His accomplice, Douglas Walker, was also a repeat offender.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
Critics said that life sentences were disproportionately given to Black defendants, and the law meant that a repeat offender could be given a 25-year prison sentence even if their third felony was for stealing a slice of pepperoni pizza, as happened to 27-year-old Jerry Dewayne Williams in 1995.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
What was most shocking was the identity of one of the two suspects: a repeat offender freed from a maximum-security prison to fight in Ukraine.
—Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
Just last month, a repeat offender shoved a woman off a nearby subway platform into a moving train, nearly killing her.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2023
Part of the punishment this time for the repeat offender was a month of counseling sessions.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
Silver may have gone easy on Morant the first time, but Morant could be a repeat offender.
—oregonlive, 15 May 2023
He had been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole under the state’s repeat offender law; his previous crimes included stealing a pack of cigarettes and a lighter and writing two bad checks to Home Depot.
—Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
His accomplice, Douglas Walker, was also a repeat offender.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
Critics said that life sentences were disproportionately given to Black defendants, and the law meant that a repeat offender could be given a 25-year prison sentence even if their third felony was for stealing a slice of pepperoni pizza, as happened to 27-year-old Jerry Dewayne Williams in 1995.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
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“Repeat offender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repeat%20offender. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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