Where did you get this info?
2007-10-29 11:57:17 · 4 answers · asked by Kalinka 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
What you could be referring to is "Shock Probation". An experiment, still in practice. Under the guidelines of the participating states, offenders convicted of and jailed for a misdemeanor or felony can be placed on probation after serving thirty (30) to sixty (60) days. This practice is usually reserved for first time offenders and/or where the judge has had a problem deciding whether to commit the defendant at all, but I did say usually. There are several cases where the defentant was not a first offender and was awarded the probation anyway.
2007-10-29 12:25:53 · answer #1 · answered by DocoMyster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well uhhh... This wasn't in America, but it was in a different civil, democratic country. Sentence was life, served 5 years and got probation for 5 more...
-First hand information and second hand information. His gf's sister told me about it first, then he told me about it a few weeks later.
2007-10-29 20:52:49 · answer #2 · answered by *~*C*~* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i havent heard of a sentence being shorter than life for capital murder unless they win the appeal.
2007-10-29 19:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by amanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ASK NIJ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE.
USUALLY A PERSON IS SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT ON A CAPITAL MURDER.
IF WE INCLUDE JUV TIME, 2 YEARS AS A JUV AND RELEASED NOT TRIED AS AN ADULT AND SERVED JUV TIME ONLY. WAS NOT RECHARGED AS THIS IS DOUBLE JEOPARDY.
2007-10-29 19:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by ahsoasho2u2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋