probation
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In 2019, Riches was sentenced to an additional five years probation for impersonating Jared Loughner while fraudulently suing former U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
"But these schemes have also made it harder for prisons and probation to prepare people for release effectively and give them support with basic things like finding accommodation, accessing job support and so on."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Handing down the sentence, Judge Kelly Ho said given Maximilien's "age and nature of the offence", alternatives like probation or a community-based sentence would not be imposed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The family’s claim alleges the clinician’s conduct “went overlooked and unreported for months” and that the teenager’s probation officer has changed at least four times since his release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
If not, I’ll have to regulate because as far as I’m concerned, they’re the ones on probation in my and how many friends I have made because of it.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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
By mid-July, having violated their probations, both of Hannah’s parents were in jail.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2013
She had never thought of probations, and examinations, and catechisms.
From A Daughter of the Land by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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