'alternative sentencing' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used when discussing a sentencing option that is unlike traditional prison sentences. For example: The judge offered the defendant an alternative sentencing of community service instead of jail time.
Still, his article does report one case where a commanding general recently allowed alternative sentencing similar to what Major Seamone has prescribed.
Within the court's Central District of California, which encompasses much of Southern California, it's the first crack at a formal alternative sentencing program, aimed at keeping low-level offenders out of prison.
The findings indicated that respondents were significantly less likely to prefer capital punishment over alternative sentencing options.
She suggested some things that people found hard to swallow, like alternative sentencing.
She favors alternative sentencing over prison construction and opposes prayer in the schools.
Major Seamone says instituting alternative sentencing in the military would not require changes to law or regulation.
"We have programs that deal with alternative sentencing, recently released inmates and other law enforcement strategies," Mr. Schmetterer said.
The state has not used the alternative sentencing methods that many other states use to reduce prison populations.
Her nonprofit Young New Yorkers — the first arts-based alternative-sentencing program in Brooklyn — has helped more than seven hundred young adults avoid lifelong criminal records by teaching them to express their creative voices.
Advocates of alternative-sentencing programs like those run by Mr. Hynes's office point to studies that show they are more cost-effective than prison terms and can help reduce the chances that offenders will relapse.
Alternative-sentencing consultants help convicted defendants prepare pleas for a light sentence, emphasizing charitable good works, lack of a record and so on.
