Interestingly, it was not the length of of a jail sentence, or even the length of the term of probation that were found to be significant; rather, the effect was triggered by being given these sentencing options.
The banks agreed to be placed on three years of what the Justice Department called corporate probation that would include federal court supervision and regular reporting to authorities, as well as "cessation of all criminal activity".
At some point, Olympus was in danger of getting de-listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, but it's now on a 3-year "probation" that requires the company to improve governance.
She said he had lacked respect for the law since he was 20 years old, and she reminded him that he had better not overstep it again during the three years of supervised probation that will follow his incarceration or else she would return him to prison.
In his statement, Stewart said, "While I still disagree with the black flag penalty our team received prior to the finish of the Pepsi 400, I accept the fine and probation that Nascar has issued to me as a result of my postrace conduct.
He had gone missing shortly after a video emerged on social media that appeared to show him at an alcohol-fueled party, a likely violation of the probation deal that kept him out of prison for his 2013 drunk-driving case.
Patrick Smith from Capita says his firm is looking at the probation services that are being put out to tender.
The judge did relax reporting restrictions on naming the region, Cheshire, where Venables lived at the time he was recalled to prison in March this year, as well as the probation service that was supervising him.
He had apparently violated the probation deal that he stay drug- and alcohol-free after the deadly wreck.
US authorities are meanwhile investigating whether Couch violated the probation deal that kept him out of prison for four counts of intoxication manslaughter, which he won after a psychologist for the defense testified in juvenile court that financial privilege impaired his ability to distinguish between right and wrong.
