In international track and field, a first-time offender is out for two years.
On the other hand, there are first-time offenders who we never see again, because some people really do learn their lessons.
"I think the time to get them is when they're first-time offenders," she said.
It was also difficult to tell whether individuals arrested were first-time offenders.
He also noted that the former governor was a first-time offender.
Even in 2004, first-time offenders were not subject to a suspension or to being identified.
Under the law, first-time offenders can be fined up to $1,000.
On the other hand, reaching out to first-time offenders with rehabilitation programs might make a difference.
About a dozen drug treatment prisons exist across the country, but most focus on first-time offenders.
And he expressed doubt that first-time juvenile offenders would have been sent away from home at all.
