Recent Examples on the Web

Prosecutors say the images included clear depictions of child pornography and bestiality and show that Nader is a lifelong recidivist. Washington Post, "Mueller report witness gets 10 years on child sex charges," 26 June 2020

While none of them is a BoJack-level recidivist, the friends who’ve helped to prop him up over the years have self-sabotaging patterns of their own. Judy Berman, Time, "How BoJack Horseman's Brilliant Series Finale Subverts the Typical Hollywood Ending," 30 Jan. 2020

Forgiveness for recidivists is found outside show business, too. The Economist, "Buttonwood The perils and rewards of economies in rehab," 5 Dec. 2019

The problem for Schiff, a former prosecutor, was that Trump was an unrepentant recidivist, a President who was going to keep abusing his office as long as he was allowed to do so. Robert P. Baird, The New Yorker, "“I’ve Never Seen Evidence So Clear”: Inside the House Effort to Draft Articles of Impeachment," 25 Nov. 2019

There were 67 total transit recidivist arrests in the first quarter of 2019, according to the MTA’s Transit Recidivism Report, which was discussed at Monday’s meeting. Alexa St. John, WSJ, "MTA Board Considers Banning Repeat Transit Criminals From Subway," 24 June 2019

Jarvis Taylor had three prior felony convictions, leading the DA’s office to charge him under Georgia’s recidivist law. Bill Rankin, ajc, "Georgia juries are left in the dark when it comes to punishment," 8 June 2018

The ProPublica analysis of 7,000 individuals arrested in Broward Country, Florida revealed that this risk assessment tool wrongly identified African-American defendants as potential recidivists at improperly high rates. Peter J. Beshar, Fortune, "Commentary: Atlanta’s Cyber Attack Shows the New Security Risks the U.S. Needs to Address—and Fast," 28 Mar. 2018

The government evaluates each case individually and reserves the right to take action against the low-priority misconduct in appropriate cases — for example, in a case involving a recidivist offender or an otherwise hardcore criminal. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "DACA: Trump Does the Full Obama on Prosecutorial Discretion," 9 Sep. 2017

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