Should life without parole ever be applied to juvenile offenders convicted of non-homicide crimes?

However, an offender convicted of manslaughter can be declared a dangerous offender.

In the 12 months ending June 2011 there were 1.3 million offenders convicted of a criminal offence.

Some offenders convicted of molesting a child older than 12 could also receive life sentences or lifetime electronic monitoring.

It is not unusual for first-time offenders convicted of assaults here to be given suspended sentences.

Nor would it apply to offenders convicted of a second crime during the same court proceeding.

Only those offenders convicted under Section 204 - the pimping law - were sentenced to time in prison during the reporting period.

"A seven-time offender convicted of a Federal drug violation should not be permitted to remain in baseball," he said.

My husband was a first-time offender convicted only on the word of someone looking to shorten his own sentence.