Legalese and “The Cliff Sentence”
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010I frequently write stories about judges handing out “deferred” and “suspended” sentences (see this recent blog post for an example), and I sometimes wonder whether readers are familiar enough with the terms to understand exactly what they mean.
So, here goes:
A “suspended sentence” is when a judge suspends imposition of a sentence - either in part [...]