1.   A new power to suspend sentences of imprisonment was added by Jenkins, at the instigation of the judiciary.

2.   The consultant, Dr. Nigel Cox, has been a given a one-year suspended jail sentence for attempting to murder a terminally ill patient.

3.   Analysts had expected light or even suspended sentences for the business executives in the belief that incarcerating them for a long period would be detrimental to the economy.

4.   A judge in Bavaria sentenced the former head of Compuserve Deutschland to two years in jail on charges of spreading pornography, but suspended the sentence.

5.   But Scoville suspended the sentence and allowed Carter to serve one year on probation.

6.   He also has been condemned to nine months in prison, though the sentence was suspended.

7.   He said he would appeal to the Supreme Court, and if he does, the lower court has agreed to suspend his sentence until the appeal is decided.

8.   He told Cordero that he would sentence him to six months in the House of Correction, but suspend the sentence if Cordero agreed to enter a counseling program.

9.   His sentence was suspended pending an appeal.

10.   In the fourth case, a prison sentence was suspended on the condition the defendant paid a fine.