probation
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In an email response to The Times, Kimberly Edds, spokesperson for the district attorney, said prosecutors were instead pursuing a probation violation against Lopez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
On Monday, a judge approved Xu’s petition to have his felony charge dismissed following the completion of his probation earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But the school declined to expel or suspend the graduate student, and instead ordered a written reprimand, a reflection essay, and two months of disciplinary probation just before he graduated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Offenders would be electronically tagged and monitored when they left prison and £700m was being invested in probation and community punishment, the MOJ added.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
When your girl does that, it means you’re on probation.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Documents may include formal accusations, which detail allegations of gross negligence and other violations; letters of reprimand; and disciplinary orders spelling out stipulated agreements, suspensions, revocations and probations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Their protests earned them 12-month probations from the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2020
Penalties listed in the guide include team probations and suspension from post-season play.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2016
A super prison would be "cheaper and better," but there are "risks about having a big institution that then becomes difficult to control," explains former Conservative prisons and probations minister, Crispin Blunt.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2013
Little by little, through divers probations, we begin to feel ground under our feet.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various
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