criminal record
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The first was that a key witness, one who claimed he had heard Whitton confess to the crime while in prison, had lied to the court about having a criminal record.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
Sarmiento said that "70% of the people arrested, detained and deported have no criminal record".
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Strong families and strong schools shape habits and values more effectively than the threat of a criminal record ever will.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Police did not disclosed whether Gibson had a criminal record.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Fully 70 percent of men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in the impoverished and overwhelmingly black North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side are saddled for life with a criminal record.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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