A split sentence is one in which a juvenile is waived to adult court and then given a juvenile sanction and an adult sanction. If the offender fails the juvenile sanction, he or she will automatically be given the adult punishment. ◦Provide and describe 1–2 examples of split sentencing successes
Split sentencing is a form of punishment in which the offender serves up tohhalf of his terms of imprisonment outside of the prison. In such sentence while the defendant us ordered to spend compulsory time in jail, he or she is not incarcerated for the entire sentence.
One example of split sentencing is the case of Martha Stewart who has been sentenced five months in jail, five months of house arrest and two years of supervisory probation for her role in a suspicious stock trade more than two years ago.
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