初しょ犯はん者しゃ

noun

first offender; first-time offender

Legal term for a person who has committed a crime for the first time. Often contrasted with 再犯者 (repeat offender).

See also: 再犯者

• 初しょ犯はん者しゃには執しっ行こう猶ゆう予よがつくことが多おおい。

  First-time offenders often receive a suspended sentence.

• 裁さい判ばん官かんは初しょ犯はん者しゃであることを考こう慮りょして減げん刑けいした。

  The judge reduced the sentence considering that the defendant was a first-time offender.