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.