1.   A conditional sentence is served in the community.

2.   Conditional sentences allow offenders facing jail terms of less than two years to serve their time in the community rather than behind bars, under certain limitations.

3.   Conditional sentences allow offenders who would otherwise be imprisoned for up to two years less one day to serve time in the community.

4.   In the past, Danish courts have only passed conditional sentences on convicted hackers.

5.   Jim Flaherty wrote a letter Wednesday urging federal Justice Minister Anne McLellan to curb the use of so-called conditional sentences as soon as Parliament resumes next week.

6.   She said the use of a conditional sentence in this case sends the wrong message.

7.   The defense has proposed a conditional sentence that would allow Guess to stay free and care for her two teen-age children.

8.   The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a conditional sentence granted Stephen Blakeley by Provincial Court Judge Kenneth Pedlar.