What does non-violent mean?
Definitions for non-violent
non-vi·o·lent
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Wiktionary
non-violentadjective
(Of a deed, event etc.) Without violence.
non-violentadjective
(Of a person or movement) Opposed to violence.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of non-violent in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of non-violent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of non-violent in a Sentence
A non-violent thief who can post $3,000 bail is no more threatening than one who can't, the money is irrelevant; being poor doesn't make a defendant inherently more dangerous. But as practiced, NY’s legal system has long operated as if poverty equals danger.
The culture in Oklahoma has been to' lock'em up and throw away the key,' but sadly, when non-violent offenders and first-time offenders come into the system, we do not have enough correctional officers to protect them. These greenhorns are forced to join a gang. It's a mess.
Under existing federal law many people convicted of non-violent state-level misdemeanors have lost their Second Amendment rights because they’ve been lumped together with convicted felons due to indeterminate sentencing laws, that’s not right, and cases like this help restore some perspective and narrow some broad legislative brush strokes.
I will focus on the prevention of crime and rehabilitating non-violent offenders away from criminal behavior — not just prosecuting after crimes have already been committed and hoping, despite evidence to the contrary, that the toughest sentences will solve problems. That means maximizing our use of rehabilitation alternative programs where appropriate — getting more people into them, and getting people into them earlier on in the court process.
Nobody should be in jail for a non-violent crime, when we were in the White House, we released 36,000 people from the federal prison system.
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