When the Judge Sentences an Offender to a Specific Amount

question 71

Multiple Choice

When the judge sentences an offender to a specific amount of time in jail,followed by a period of probation,this is known as .

• A)a suspended sentence.
• B)shock incarceration.
• C)intermittent incarceration.
• D)a split sentence.

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