So only a third of first time and minor offenders go on to reoffend.

However, police often get around this provision by charging minor offenders with felony intent to sell (see below).

Typically, the clerks say they see one or two jaywalkers a week, who practically get lost among the nearly 1,500 other minor offenders.

That money could be better spent on treatment and education that would give minor offenders a chance to become productive citizens.

The six remaining men, all minor offenders, got off with light sentences.

The idea is to clear the Federal prisons of minor offenders and make room for violent ones.

It closely follows the introduction of house arrest for minor offenders.

The city would use it to house minor offenders nearing the end of their sentences and allowed to go to work.

Probation began as a humanitarian effort to allow first-time and minor offenders a second chance.

In spite of this, he was convicted as a "minor offender" and fined.