Sentence examples for a probationary sentence from inspiring English sources

He received a probationary sentence without jail time.

Instead they prosecuted him for damaging property, resulting in a court case and a probationary sentence.

He told Mr. Alampi: "I hope the lack of a probationary sentence will assist you in maintaining your license.

The appeals court let stand a fine and a probationary sentence the trial judge imposed at the time of sentencing.

Deaver, who died in 2007, was found guilty on three counts, but he received only a probationary sentence and went on to re-establish his lobbying career.

Adele did not press charges and Norman's literary friends rallied round; he spent 17 days in a psychiatric ward and got a probationary sentence.

In 1997, a shotgun-wielding fur farmer received only an 18-month probationary sentence after shooting and wounding three young activists -- one of them critically -- for trespassing on his farm.

The other two witnesses — Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey & Company executive, and Adam Smith, a Harvard-educated former Galleon Group trader — also received probationary sentences.

To contrast: a recent tear gas attack on a gay rights march in Helsinki that left 88 people injured resulted in only four-month probationary sentences for the three assailants -- a disgrace in itself.

Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey executive, and Adam Smith, a former trader at Mr. Rajaratnam's hedge fund Galleon Group, were both given probationary sentences because of their extensive cooperation.

Probationary sentences are unusual.