first offender

Example Sentences

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The judge said that Aitken, a first offender, was assessed as "at the lowest risk of reoffending".

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2023

The felony carries up to four years in prison but "no one gets jail time for that as a first offender," a New York law enforcement official told Yahoo News.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023

The second threshold was $230 million last year, with tax rates of 32% for the first offender, 42% for the second and 62% for the third.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2022

Paul Hodgkins, a Florida man, was the first offender to be sentenced when he received eight months in prison in July for obstructing an official proceeding.

From Fox News • Sep. 3, 2021

It isn’t as though he were a first offender.

From The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery by Chapman, Allen