Sentence examples for offender himself from inspiring English sources

"There is something in human history like retribution," wrote an insightful 19th Century journalist named Karl Marx, "and it is a rule of historical retribution that its instrument be forged not by the offended, but by the offender himself".

Less concerned with the future behaviour of the offender himself, general deterrence theories assume that, because most individuals are rational, potential offenders will calculate the risk of being similarly caught, prosecuted, and sentenced for the commission of a crime.

Which suggested to me that perhaps the biggest danger of having a sex offender next door might not be the sex offender himself, but that it might blind one to the dangers that could lie elsewhere.

In a statement, a victims' group, One in Four, called for a statutory inquiry into the accusations, saying that "if Archbishop McQuaid was, as is alleged, a sex offender himself, then it is no wonder that the secrecy and cover-ups which have characterized the church's handling of sexual abuse was so entrenched".

An offender himself may not be able to explain how his learning takes place.

How can Pardew demand discipline and control from his players, and deliver this message with any semblance of authority, when he is such a serious serial offender himself?

An ex-offender himself, Kleiber got involved with RJM shortly after his release on a coke charge 12 years ago, handing out clothes and Bibles at the Greyhound station.

Here, the offender inserts himself into an online conversation and acts as transparent proxy between both sides in order to steal private information.

A strong ruler, stern toward offenders, and himself ascetic to the point of harshness, he was universally respected for his justice and authority.

In a letter to the Australian newspaper, Stephens said the decision of the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, to refuse the pair clemency made him wonder what hope there was for freedom or redemption for other drug offenders, like himself.

That Mr. Limbaugh, with his advocacy of stiff punishment for drug offenders, would himself admit to a long-term addiction was evocative of the situation that Mr. Bennett was in earlier this year.