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The judge said he took into account that Zebrowski was a first offender with a good work record.
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For Parnell, this resulted in a life sentence guidelines range -- whether he was a repeat offender or a first timer.
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That is a "standard sentence for a first-time offender, " Graham said.
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However, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines can put a first-time, non-violent offender behind bars for the remainder of their life.
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Is it your first offense, or are you a multiple offender?
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State courts can impose limits on social media as a condition of a sex offender's probation or parole, but a "blanket ban" on Internet use violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free expression, the judges found.
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The first to be arrested, Juan Ponce Enrile, is a serial offender, having been arrested for trying to overthrow Corazon Aquino's government in the late 1980s.
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The organization running my Virtus training was the liability insurer of the Catholic Church, which certainly had first-hand knowledge of the damage sex-offender scandals can do to a once-revered institution.
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