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According to multiple people briefed on the discussions, the committee could propose to remove the carryover suspension part of the punishment for first-time offenders on second-half targeting penalties, leaving in place a 15-yard penalty and ejection.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026 -
What emerged, Jackson told the court Thursday, was the portrait of a transient and calculating offender who operated across multiple states and evaded law enforcement for years.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Feb. 2026
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Our office has also filed 1,709 cases under Prop. 36’s recidivist theft statute.—
Mike Hestrin,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
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Gerald Ford, who was President during the peak of the arson wave, publicly mentioned the Bronx just once, to go by the American Presidency Project, and that was to commend Merola’s office for locking up recidivists.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE has new funding to expand detention space to keep these criminals off American streets before they are removed for good from our communities.—
Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
20 Feb. 2026
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His office is more concerned about arresting police officers than prosecuting criminals.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026
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McDermott has worked in a number of school districts, serving as a director of personnel and labor relations, high school principal, director of student services and school safety, and a classroom teacher.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Taylor Cirksena, a Del Oro coach and alum, told the Auburn Journal that the coaching staff’s final straw was the school principal and athletic director requiring the basketball head coach to add a parent to their coaching staff.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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When a new string of murders grips their California community, the underestimated trio set out to catch the culprit themselves.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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One way out is to imagine that dark energy — the culprit and driving force behind the accelerated expansion of the Universe — can in some way change over time.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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In similar manner, the true lawbreakers when innocent folks were brought to our shores between 1808 and 1865 were not the victims themselves.—
Walter E Block,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, municipal courts around the state are adjusting to a new normal after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state statute would allow for the same offenses.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Relapser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relapser. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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