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  2. Suspended sentence - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Wikipedia

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    So, for example, an adult offender sentenced to two-and-a-half years' custody, who would previously have had to declare their criminal conviction for ten years from the date of conviction, now has to disclose their conviction for the period of the sentence plus a further four years (giving a total rehabilitation period of 6.5 years).

  4. Probation - Wikipedia

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    Probation in criminal law is a period of supervision over an offender, ordered by the court often in lieu of incarceration.In some jurisdictions, the term probation applies only to community sentences (alternatives to incarceration), such as suspended sentences. [1]

  5. Sentencing in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    The court has power to impose a suspended sentence of imprisonment (or detention, for youth offenders) of up to two years. [63] To impose a suspended sentence, the court must be satisfied that the offence passes the custody threshold—it is serious enough "that neither a fine alone nor a community sentence can be justified for the offence". [64]

  6. Discharge (sentence) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. What is China's suspended death sentence verdict? - AOL

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    The suspended death sentence in Chinese law gives the accused a two-year reprieve from being executed, after which it is automatically converted to life imprisonment, or more rarely, fixed-term ...

  8. China gives suspended death sentence to former top banker - AOL

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    A Chinese court has handed a suspended death sentence to Tian Huiyu, an ex-president of China Merchants Bank and previously the right-hand man of the country’s former economic tsar, on charges ...

  9. Parole - Wikipedia

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    A prisoner is eligible if he has served at least 30 months (or 26 years for life sentences), and the time remaining on his sentence is less than half the total (normally), a quarter of the total (if previously convicted or never convicted) or five years (for sentences greater than 7.5 years). In 2006, 21 inmates were granted libertà condizionata.