Simple English definitions for legal terms
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A career offender is a person who has committed multiple violent or drug-related crimes and is convicted of another such crime. This term is used in the federal-sentencing guidelines.
For example, if someone has been convicted of two violent felonies or controlled-substance felonies and then commits another such felony, they can be considered a career offender.
This term is used to identify individuals who have a pattern of criminal behavior and may require harsher sentencing to protect society from their continued criminal activity.