<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A suspended sentence is a legal term for a judge's delaying of a defendant's serving of a sentence after they have been found guilty, in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation . If the defendant does not break the law during that period, and fulfills the particular conditions of the probation, the judge usually dismisses the sentence . </P> <P> In Australia, suspended sentences are commonly imposed in order to alleviate the strain on overcrowded prisons . For example, an individual may be sentenced to a six - month jail term, wholly suspended for six months; if they commit any other offence during that year, the original jail term is immediately applied in addition to any other sentence . </P>

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