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joint suspension

what is a joint suspension


Asked on 12/04/08, 4:24 pm

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Michael Stone Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE

Re: joint suspension

As far as I can tell, "joint suspension" is a colloquial term used among jail inmates and other criminal defendants to denote an arrangement where the defendant has a suspended state prison sentence -- his trip to the Joint is suspended. Of course many defendants violate their probation or parole, and they would go back to the Joint to serve the original sentence.

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Answered on 12/04/08, 4:28 pm


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