1 As a first offender, he received a lenient sentence.

2 As a first offender, she got off with a caution.

3 Defending, Robert Fairbairn, said his client, a first offender, was very ashamed of what she had done.

4 Hayman, a first offender, was sent to a young offenders institution for three years.

5 P : Seeing that you are a first offender, we'll forgive you this time.

6 In the part, the author introduces the judgment of personal dangerousness and expands the criterion of judging the recidivist and first offender.

7 In our country, the criminal law also needs to consult the heavy punishment to the first offender to punish the recidivism and no probation.

8 Judges know what bad effects a prison term can have on a nonviolent first offender.

1 As a first offender, he received a lenient sentence.