After being sentenced to probation, can I still leave the city?

After being sentenced to probation, you cannot deviate from the prescribed scope of activities. As for the specific execution, for example, a lighter sentence of one year but a suspended sentence of 3 months, then you can move within the designated area (not prison) for these 3 months. When the 3 months are up, if there are no special circumstances, you will start. Execute your prison life, but only serve 9 months (if there is still a period of detention before sentencing, the number of detention days will also be deducted)

For example, a criminal is sentenced to three years in prison by the People's Court. Due to his good performance and proactive compensation, he was forgiven by the plaintiff and the court sentenced him to three years in prison and four years of probation. What does it mean? The sentence is three years in prison, no imprisonment, and four years of public security and community supervision at home. During the supervision period, if there is no illegal or criminal behavior, after four years of home supervision, no imprisonment for these four years, it is a suspended sentence. This is what probation means when you see it in the judgment. Probation is only available in criminal cases. Not applicable to civil and administrative cases.

A suspended sentence does not require actual imprisonment. We often see sentences such as one sentence with a suspended sentence of two, and a sentence of three with a suspended sentence of four in some judgments. This is also a manifestation of the balance between leniency and severity in criminal law.

First of all, let’s talk about the meaning of suspended sentence. Suspended sentence is naturally the sentence imposed, which means suspended execution for several years. Specifically, during the probation period, if there are no new crimes or no crimes that have been missed in the past are discovered, then the original sentence will no longer be executed after the probation period expires. This is why, under normal circumstances, the probation period is longer than the sentence imposed.

The second is the application of probation. Suspended sentences are generally used for crimes that carry statutory lighter or reduced penalties. The most common ones are that the person involved surrenders, or performs major meritorious service, or signs a document admitting guilt and accepting punishment, etc. The application of suspended sentences not only punishes the crime, but also prevents the parties from actually being imprisoned for execution, giving them a certain way to reform.

Even if a suspended sentence does not require actual imprisonment, it is still a guilty verdict and is subject to criminal liability. People who are sentenced to probation also have criminal records and need to be managed by community corrections, so their children will be affected accordingly when they go through political trials in the future.