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DETERMINATE SENTENCE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
  • Penal Administration
DEF

A sentence that has an end, unlike a life or indeterminate sentence.

CONT

The 975 men on supervision with a determinate sentence make up 46% of the long term offender group in the community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines
  • Administration pénitentiaire
DEF

Peine de durée fixe par opposition à une peine d'emprisonnement à perpétuité ou de durée indéterminée.

CONT

Une peine d'une durée déterminée comporte une date d'expiration à laquelle le délinquant devient complètement libre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Penas
  • Administración penitenciaria
DEF

Condena de privación de libertad por un período predeterminado.

CONT

Un penado que esté cumpliendo una condena de duración determinada podrá ser puesto en libertad condicional una vez extinguidos los dos tercios del período de condena o, cuando las circunstancias del caso así lo justifiquen, tras haber cumplido la mitad de la misma.

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