Labels:book | daily | reckoner | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: Probation Ts "Sentence" Within The Meaning Of Section 3565 The language and legislative history of the govern- ing statute make clear that probat tion is 'sentence' for Papodand of federal sentencing Iaw general and Section 3565 in particular. Prior 1984, the federal sentencing scheme treated probation alternative sentence, rather than sentence its own right. See f5 U.S.C 3651 (1982) (authorizing dis- trict courts "suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and place the defendant on probation see generally United Stat Corpuz 953 F.2d 528. the Sentencing Reform Act 1984, however, Congress worked substantial changes in the systerm of federal sentencing. See Pub. L. No. 98-4 473, 212 98 Stat. 1987. In particular, the Act rejected the tradi tional view of probation as merely reprieve fro ...
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