Sentence examples for small-time offender from inspiring English sources

It started out as a stupid prank, but a small-time offender arrested by police later in connection with an unrelated incident sought a better deal for himself by identifying Martinez as a bicycle thief.

The cases the I.R.S. is pursuing, the Syracuse study found, are skewed to small-time offenders.

Private-probation companies, too, have quietly taken off in recent years, often selling themselves as a cheap way to keep small-time offenders out of jail.

He had accused her of being soft on crime because she supported probation for nonviolent small-time offenders (to make room in prisons for violent felons).

During labor shortages, inmates say Masanjia officials simply buy small-time offenders from other cities on a sliding scale that begins at 800 renminbi, or about $130, for six months of labor.

This means making sure that fewer people die from drug overdoses and that small-time offenders do not end up in jail where their drug problems get worse.

His atypical sentences ― which he says he only hands down to "1percentt" of defendants ― teach long-term lessons and keep small-time offenders out of the jail system, he said.

As long as we have a society that stresses punishment over rehabilitation for small-time offenders, we are putting more and more young parents behind bars, breaking up more families, creating more poverty and providing obstacles to education.

The number of criminal prosecutions for tax evasion more than doubled in the UK during the last tax year, amid claims that the exchequer has increased its hit-rate by targeting "small time" offenders suspected of defrauding the taxpayer.

The men advocate changing the state law requiring long sentences for small-time drug offenders, which they say hurts members of minority groups.

She may face an uphill battle in an age when the biggest idea in dealing with criminals is "three strikes and you're out" laws, which can put even small-time repeat offenders away for life.