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A suspended sentence is a sentence on conviction for a criminal offence, the serving of which the court orders to be deferred in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation. If the defendant does not break the law during that period and fulfills the particular conditions of the probation, the sentence is usually considered ...
Apr. 1—A judge granted an Oklahoma man a suspended sentence and probation Monday in Jasper County Circuit Court on a felony conviction for assaulting his Carthage girlfriend. Judge Dean ...
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.
Death (aggravating circumstances), life without parole, or life with parole eligibility after 38 years (a portion of the sentence can be suspended at the judge's discretion) (life with and without parole are eligible for reduction after 38 years) [ 30 ]
A deferred sentence is a sentence that is suspended until after a defendant has completed a period of probation.If the defendant fulfills the stipulations surrounding probation, a judge may then throw out the sentence and guilty plea, clearing the incident from their record.
Nov. 17—The Whitefish man accused of holding a woman against her will and beating her with a belt in 2021 received a partially suspended sentence in Flathead County District Court on Thursday.
Julie D. Chatterton, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty recently to delivering contraband, drugs, to Roxbury Correctional Institution near Hagerstown.
Community sentence [1] [2] or alternative sentencing or non-custodial sentence is a collective name in criminal justice for all the different ways in which courts can punish a defendant who has been convicted of committing an offense, other than through a custodial sentence (serving a jail or prison term) or capital punishment (death).