The job of the police is to bring offenders to court, not to punish them. It is the job of the court to determine guilt and, if guilt is proved, to sentence the offender to punishment. In deciding the sentence, the court will look at past offences and in the case of a persistent offender the sentence will be more severe. In some countries (eg the US) if an offender commits 3 offences the sentence can be life imprisonment.
Of course he is...
Despite facing numerous setbacks, she remained persistent in her pursuit of success.
It is when a felon keeps on getting charged with felonies. It is at the prosecutor's choice to then charge that person with a PFO, also known as a Persistent Felony Charge. Most usually happens after 3 felony charges and carries a 10 year prison ter.
The laws already exist. They need enforced and sentences need to be stiffer. Especially for the persistent offender.
You don't get off of the sex offender's list. Once you are on you stay on you're entire life.
Pursistant is a common misspelling of the word persistent. Persistent is an adjective that means continuing on a course of action even when it proves to be difficult, or you are faced with stiff opposition.
Offender searches can destroy many different aspects of a person. Whether or not they do depends on what the original offense was and the reason the person is preforming an offender search for you in the first place.
"First offender" literally means the person has committed one crime and only one crime regardless if it is a misdemeanor or a felony. That being the case, the answer is of course "once".
Persistent is an adjective ex: The persistent woman cut in line to get her check of 100,000.00 dollars first.
The 15 Hour state approved course pays between $300 and $400.
Repeated Offender was created on 2006-03-06.