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  2. Probation - Wikipedia

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    The concept of probation, from the Latin, probatio, "testing", has historical roots in the practice of judicial reprieve.In English common law, prior to the advent of democratic rule, the courts could temporarily suspend the execution of a sentence to allow a criminal defendant to appeal to the monarch for a pardon.

  3. Lifetime probation - Wikipedia

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    Probation in the United States is defined as a directed-order of community-based supervision given by the court, in general as a substitution to incarceration [3] and it is the most common scheme of criminal sentencing in the US.

  4. United States federal probation and supervised release

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    The life cycle of federal supervision for a defendant. United States federal probation and supervised release are imposed at sentencing. The difference between probation and supervised release is that the former is imposed as a substitute for imprisonment, [1] or in addition to home detention, [2] while the latter is imposed in addition to imprisonment.

  5. U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System - Wikipedia

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    Judge Killits, as respondent, filed his answer October 14, 1915. He pointed out that the power to suspend sentence had been exercised continuously by Federal judges, that the Department of Justice had acquiesced in it for many years, and that it was the only amelioration possible as there was no Federal probation system.

  6. Probation and parole officer - Wikipedia

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    Probation officers are also responsible for the provision of regular reports to courts of the progress of offenders on orders having drug testing requirements. Additionally, probation officers will supervise a restorative justice plan that provides the victim of a crime an opportunity to address the impact of the crime to the offenders.

  7. Trump to sit for probation interview today - AOL

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    Former President Trump is scheduled to sit for a virtual interview on Monday with a New York City probation officer, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

  8. Colorado Springs murder case raises questions about probation ...

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    Oct. 6—A Colorado Springs career criminal with an extensive and violent record in El Paso County was never in compliance with probation or parole before a string of alleged crimes earlier this ...

  9. Electronic monitoring in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1990s, New York City piloted 16 automated probation check-in machines, also known as probation kiosks, with each $750,000 kiosk featuring a video screen, keypad and infrared scanner for low-risk offenders to answer questions as to whether they had been re-arrested, obtained a job or needed counseling.