suspended sentence; stay of execution
Legal term for a suspended prison sentence, where execution of the sentence is postponed for a probationary period. Often used in the phrase 執行猶予が付く or 執行猶予付きの判決.
The judge handed down a suspended sentence to the defendant.
執行猶予中に再び罪を犯すと、実刑になる可能性が高い。
If you commit another crime while on a suspended sentence, you are likely to serve actual prison time.
This time the sentence came with a suspension.
He received a suspended sentence.
He committed another crime while his sentence was suspended.
Due to a repeat offense, the suspended sentence was revoked.