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Suspended sentences (執行猶予, shikkō yūyo) are common practice in Japan and can be applied in cases where a sentence is for up to three years in prison and/or 500,000 yen in fines. Any criminal activity during the period of the suspended sentence will result in the cancellation of the sentence and imprisonment for the prescribed term. [11]
The judge may recall the inmate from jail and put him or her on probation within the community instead. The courts have a theory that a short term in jail may "shock" a criminal into changing their behavior. Shock probation can be used only between a specific period of 30–120 days after the original sentence, and is not available in all ...
Alabama v. Shelton, 535 U.S. 654 (2002), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that counsel (a lawyer) must be provided for the accused in order to impose a suspended prison sentence.
Judge David Farrell imposed a two-year jail sentence suspended for two years at the hearing in Huntingdon. He said Jackson must also carry out 300 hours of unpaid work.
A couple who were caught dealing cannabis have been give suspended prison sentences. Police found up to £5,000 worth of the class B drug and almost £3,000 in cash when they raided the North ...
The meaning of absolute or conditional discharge does not exist as such in United States law. However, different jurisdictions within the United States have a variety of analogues. The most direct is the suspended sentence or sentencing to "time served", meaning time spent in custody until sentencing. Many or most states also have alternative ...
Feb. 22—A 57-year-old man accused of taking a wooden bat to his ex-girlfriend in Marion last year received a suspended jail sentence in Flathead County District Court earlier this month.
A judge at the Bangkok South Criminal Court officially sentenced her to three years in prison for the crime known as lese majeste, but reduced it to a two-year suspended term due to her cooperation.