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• Today's problem child may be tomorrow's criminal.
• The police officer told the criminal that he had the right to remain silent.
• If you spend any time in prison, you're labelled as a criminal for the rest of your life.
• Many of the country's toughest criminals are held in this prison.
• Many people argue that allowing a criminal to go free is better that imprisoning an innocent person.

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• To this day she remains impenitent about her criminal past.
• When the authorities inquired into his background, they found he had a criminal record.
• Researchers have just completed the largest-ever survey of criminal behaviour in the UK.
• She has strenuously denied any criminal wrongdoing.
• The 19-year-old will be appearing in court on Thursday where she will face criminal charges.