It's for those people who apparently don't realize that we keep suspended sentences. Personally, I'd prefer a suspended sentence if I were judge, because if a guy does not respect the conditions, I'm going to give him a sentence that I think is appropriate.
But with conditional sentences,
this means that for 18 months, he can spend 12 months with no problem, and in 16 months he gets a condition and then there are only two months left to do.
So where's the logic? Again, the logic is that you take away from judges the means to individualize the sentences, because to render a sentence in a particular case is always a balance of many factors: the circumstances in which the crime was committed, the circumstances of the accused and the chances he has to be rehabilitated, and also, of course, the gravity, the exemplary....
I started speaking English! Let's hope I won't start speaking Spanish.
Anyway, Mr. Stewart, I know everything you're going to say, and I agree.