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presentence report

report : a report prepared by a probation officer upon conviction of a defendant that assists the sentencing court in imposing

a : the suspension of all or part of a sentence and its replacement by freedom subject to specific conditions and

: to defer until a later time see also suspended sentence at sentence

A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence especially of a sentence of death

reasons, in order to exercise the discretion of reducing the sentence the statutory requirement is that the court has to record

Black cap. The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing sentence of death is not an emblem of the sentence. It

Capital offences, those crimes upon conviction of which the offender is condemned to be hanged. The

note of our Article 20 is 'protection in respect' of conviction for offences'. The presence of the words 'conviction' and 'offences',

'a capital sentence shall no longer be competent except on conviction of murder or of offences against the Act (10 Geo

given, but a sentence cannot be given to a prisoner convicted whilst out on ticket of leave to run concurrently with