Criminal
Mar. 20, 2012
Split sentencing catching on in most counties
A new sentencing option allows offenders to receive a "split sentence" of jail time and post-release mandatory supervision by the probation department rather than one or the other. In most counties, it's catching on.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
As part of the effort to reduce the state's prison population by shifting people from state to local control, a new sentencing option allows offenders to receive a "split sentence" of jail time and post-release mandatory supervision by the probation department rather than one or the other.
The mandatory supervision that offenders are given as part of a split sentence is different from tra...
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