Is “truth in sentencing” relevant to offenders who are not sent to probation?
Yes. If local sanctions are most appropriate for a felon, the judge must directly sentence the offender to them. Thus, for example, the judge might order the offender to spend four months in a community-based correctional facility followed by outpatient drug treatment, and to pay a fine. The judge warns the offender that a violation of these conditions could mean a prison term. This is much more direct than the law before 1996, which required the court to impose a prison term, suspend it, place the person on probation, and then list the various local sanctions. Also, the broader term for local sanctions since 1996 is “community control”. It is more accurate than “probation,” since it encompasses traditional probation as well as other residential, nonresidential and financial penalties.
Related Questions
- The supporting documents (hard copy) should be sent by post to the the "relevant office when the task manager for the project is known". Is this the office in the Bneficiary Country?
- If a potentially relevant document, or group of documents, is now stored in a 3-ring binder, can it be kept in the 3-ring binder and sent to CACI that way?
- Should certification forms from individuals stating that they do not possess any potentially relevant documents be sent to CACI?
