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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 ... Suspendedsentence FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Sentenceofimprisonment,nottobeserved,iftheoffenderprovesthemselvesduringtheprobationperiod Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Suspendedsentence" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(October2015)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Theexamplesandperspectiveinthisarticlemaynotrepresentaworldwideviewofthesubject.Youmayimprovethisarticle,discusstheissueonthetalkpage,orcreateanewarticle,asappropriate.(September2008)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Criminalprocedure Criminaltrialsandconvictions Rightsoftheaccused Fairtrial Pre-trial Speedytrial Jurytrial Counsel Presumptionofinnocence Exclusionaryrule1 Self-incrimination Doublejeopardy2 Bail Verdict Conviction Acquittal Notproven3 Directedverdict Sentencing Mandatory Suspended Custodial Periodic Discharge Guidelines Totality5, 6 Dangerousoffender4, 5 Capitalpunishment Executionwarrant Cruelandunusualpunishment Imprisonment Lifeimprisonment Indefiniteimprisonment Three-strikeslaw Post-sentencing Parole Probation Tariff 6 Lifelicence6 Miscarriageofjustice Exoneration Pardon Recidivism Habitualoffender Sexoffenderregistry Sexuallyviolentpredatorlaws1 Relatedareasoflaw Criminaldefenses Criminallaw Evidence Civilprocedure Portals  Lawportal 1 UScourts 2 NotinEnglish/Welshcourts 3 Scottishcourts 4 English/Welshcourts 5 Canadiancourts 6 UKcourts vte Asuspendedsentenceisasentenceonconvictionforacriminaloffence,theservingofwhichthecourtorderstobedeferredinordertoallowthedefendanttoperformaperiodofprobation.Ifthedefendantdoesnotbreakthelawduringthatperiodandfulfillstheparticularconditionsoftheprobation,thejudgeusuallydismissesthesentence.Ifthedefendantcommitsanotheroffenceorbreaksthetermsofprobation,thecourtcanorderthesentencetobeserved,inadditiontoanysentenceforthenewoffence. Contents 1Australia 2Canada 3People'sRepublicofChina 4Finland 5Ireland 6Japan 7Russia 8UnitedKingdom 9UnitedStates 10Seealso 11References Australia[edit] Seealso:PunishmentinAustralia InAustralia,suspendedsentencesarecommonlyimposedinordertoalleviatethestrainonovercrowdedprisons.Forexample,anindividualmaybesentencedtoasix-monthjailterm,whollysuspendedforsixmonths;iftheycommitanyotheroffenceduringthatyear,theoriginaljailtermisimmediatelyappliedinadditiontoanyothersentence. Asof1September,2014,suspendedsentencesnolongerexistinVictoria,andinitsplacearecommunitycorrectionorders,whichcanbeforafixedtermtoensuregoodbehaviour.[1] Canada[edit] Furtherinformation:CriminalsentencinginCanada§ Probationandsuspendedsentences People'sRepublicofChina[edit] Thissectiondoesnotciteanysources.Pleasehelpimprovethissectionbyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.(October2015)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) InthePeople'sRepublicofChina(excludingHongKongandMacau),bothsuspendedsentencesandsuspendedsentencing(Chinese:缓刑,alsotranslatedasasentence"withreprieve")arefeaturedinthecriminallaw.Inthefirstsituation,afixed-termsentenceofthreeyearsorbelowcanbesuspended.Inthesecondsituation,sentencingdoesnotimmediatelyfollowtheguiltyverdict,butinsteadisdeterminedafteraperiodofprobation. Deathsentencescanalsobesuspended(calleda"deathsentencewithreprieve"),sothatanoffenderwhodoesnotintentionallyre-offendduringthetwo-yearsuspensionperiodofreleasewouldhavethesentencecommutedtoalifesentence. Finland[edit] AsuspendedsentenceiscalledehdollinenvankeusrangaistusinFinnish,whichtranslatesto"conditionalimprisonment".[2]Whenasentenceofimprisonment,whichcanbeatmosttwoyears,isimposedconditionally,theenforcementofthesentenceispostponedforaprobationperiod.Thelengthoftheprobationperiodisatleastoneandatmostthreeyears.Theprobationperiodbeginsatthepronouncementortheissueofthejudgment.Whenconditionalimprisonmentisimposed,theconvictedpersonshallbenotified,inconnectionwiththepronouncementortheissueofthejudgment,ofthedatewhentheprobationperiodendsandofthegroundsonwhichthesentencemaybeorderedtobeenforced.Asentenceofconditionalimprisonmentmaybecombinedwithfinesor,ifthesentenceislongerthaneightmonths,withcommunityserviceofatleast14andupto120hours.[3]Additionalsurveillanceoftheconvictedcanalsobeordered,ifitisseenasnecessarytoreducerecurrentcriminalbehaviour.[4][5] Thecourtmayordertheenforcementofconditionalimprisonmentiftheconvictedpersoncommitsanoffenceduringtheprobationperiodandthechargehasbeenbroughtwithinoneyearoftheendoftheprobationperiod.Inthisevent,theconditionalsentencetobeenforced,thesentencefortheoffencecommittedduringtheprobationperiodandthesentencesofimprisonmentfortheotheroffencesconsideredinthesametrialshallbejoinedasoneunconditionalsentenceofimprisonment.Thecourtmayalsoorderthatconditionalimprisonmentbeenforcedonlyinpart,inwhichcasetheremainderofthesentenceshallcontinuetobeconditional,subjecttothesameprobationperiod. Ireland[edit] InthelawoftheRepublicofIreland,the2006lawbywhichasuspendedsentenceisactivatedwasruledunconstitutionalin2016.The2006lawrequiredthatacourtdecisiononwhethertoactivatethesuspendedsentencebemadeassoonasalaterconvictionwashandeddown,eveniftherewasanappealpendingforthelaterconviction.[6][7][8]Subsequentlegislationintroducedin2017correctedthedeficienciesidentified,introducinganeffectiveappealmechanism.[9] Japan[edit] Suspendedsentences(執行猶予,shikkōyūyo)arecommonpracticeinJapanandcanbeappliedincaseswhereasentenceisforupto3yearsinprisonand/or500,000yeninfines.Anycriminalactivityduringtheperiodofthesuspendedsentencewillresultinthecancellationofthesentenceandimprisonmentfortheprescribedterm.[10] Russia[edit] InRussiasuspendedsentence(Russian:условныйсрок,lit. 'conditionalsentenceorprobation')iscommonplaceanditsapplicationisstipulatedbyanArticle73oftheRussianCriminalCode.[11][12]Thesuspendedsentencesmaynotbeappliedtochildoffenders(minorsaged14orlesswhentheoffencewascommitted),tothosewhohavecommittedaseriousorveryseriouscrime(thedefinitionofwhichisgivenbyArticle15ofthesameCodeasof2019),orincaseofcrimerecurrence.[11]Thejudgemayalsoimposeadditionalrestrictionsonhowtheprobationmustbeserved.Initialsentenceisenforcedincaseofconvictedfailingtofulfillconditionsoftheprobation. UnitedKingdom[edit] Acustodialsentencemay,atthediscretionofthesentencingjudgeormagistrates,besuspendedforuptotwoyearsifthetermofimprisonmentisundertwoyearsandtheoffenderagreestocomplywithcourtrequirements,whichmayincludeacurfew,performingunpaidwork,and/orengaginginanappropriaterehabilitationprogramme.[13]In2017,5%ofconvictionsresultedinasuspendedsentence,comparedto7%immediatecustodialsentences.[14] Thesentencingguidelinesindicatethatitisappropriateforasentencetobesuspendedifthereisstrongpersonalmitigationand/orarealisticprospectofrehabilitation,butsuspendedsentencesshouldnotbeusedforoffenderswhoposearisktothepublicorwhohaveahistoryofpoorcompliancewithcourtorders.[15] UnitedStates[edit] IntheUnitedStates,itiscommonpracticeforjudgestohanddownsuspendedsentences[16]tofirst-timeoffenderswhohavecommittedaminorcrime,andforprosecutorstorecommendsuspendedsentencesaspartofapleabargain.Theyareoftengiventomitigatetheeffectofpenalties.[17] Insomejurisdictions,thecriminalrecordoftheguiltypartywillstillcarrytheoffense,evenafterprobationisadequatelyserved.[18]Inothercases,theprocessofdeferredadjudicationpreventstheconvictionfromappearingonaperson'scriminalrecord,onceprobationhadbeencompleted.[19] Inthefederalsystem,judges'authoritytosuspendsentenceshasbeenabolishedbytheSentencingReformActof1984,throughtheUnitedStatesSentencingCommission,andupheldbyMistrettav.UnitedStates.[citationneeded] Seealso[edit] Deferredsentence References[edit] ^"SuspendedsentencesscrappedinallVictoriancourts".theGuardian.AustralianAssociatedPress.1September2014.Archivedfromtheoriginalon8April2018.Retrieved7April2018. ^"Rikoslaki(39/1889),2bluku"[PenalCode(39/1889),Chapter2b].Finlex.Archivedfromtheoriginalon10March2021.Retrieved19May2020. ^"Yhdyskuntapalvelu-Rikosseuraamuslaitos".Rikosseuraamuslaitos.Archivedfromtheoriginalon14May2021.Retrieved14May2021. ^"Nuortenehdollisenvankeudenvalvonta-Rikosseuraamuslaitos".Rikosseuraamuslaitos.Archivedfromtheoriginalon13May2021.Retrieved13May2021. ^"Aikuistenehdollisenvankeudenvalvonta-Rikosseuraamuslaitos".Rikosseuraamuslaitos.Archivedfromtheoriginalon13May2021.Retrieved13May2021. ^"Suspendedsentencelawdeemed'unconstitutional'".RTÉ.ie.19April2016.Archivedfromtheoriginalon20April2016.Retrieved19April2016. ^Carolan,Mary(20April2016)."Suspendedsentencesarerendereduselessbyruling".TheIrishTimes.Archivedfromtheoriginalon21April2016.Retrieved20April2016. ^"CriminalJusticeAct2006[asamended]".RevisedActs.Ireland:LawReformCommission.11February2016.§99.Powertosuspendsentence.Archivedfromtheoriginalon13May2016.Retrieved19April2016. ^"CriminalJustice(SuspendedSentencesofImprisonment)Act2017".TheDepartmentofJusticeandEquality.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2019-11-08.Retrieved2019-11-14. ^"裁判手続刑事事件Q&A執行猶予が付いているとどうなるのですか"[CriminalCasesQ&AWhathappensifIhaveasuspendedsentence?](inJapanese).SupremeCourtofJapan.2005.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJuly9,2013.RetrievedJune26,2013. ^ab"УКРФСтатья73.Условноеосуждение"[CriminalCodeArticle73.Suspendedsentence].www.consultant.ru(inRussian).consultant.ru.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2019-06-05.Retrieved2019-08-19. ^"CriminalCode,Article73.ConditionalSentence"(PDF).p. 28.Archived(PDF)fromtheoriginalon2020-04-15.Retrieved2019-08-19. ^SentencingCouncil."Suspendedsentences".SentencingCouncil.Archivedfromtheoriginalon16May2021.Retrieved15May2021. ^MinistryofJustice(17May2018)."MoJSentencingStatistics".Archivedfromtheoriginalon27May2018.Retrieved26May2018. ^"Custodialsentences–Sentencing".Archivedfromtheoriginalon2021-08-09.Retrieved2021-08-09. ^"WhatisaSuspendedImpositionofSentence?".Retrieved2021-12-08. ^"SuspendedSentenceLaw&LegalDefinition".LegalTerms,Definitions,andDictionary.USLegal.com.Archivedfromtheoriginalon11January2011.Retrieved23January2011. ^"Definitions:UnderstandingLegalWords".ManitobaCourts.23October2006.Archivedfromtheoriginalon6July2011.Retrieved23January2011. ^"WhatisSuspendedSentenceforFelony?".LegalTerms,Definitions,andDictionary.FelonyFriendlies.Archivedfromtheoriginalon20October2019.Retrieved19October2019. 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