There is a wide range of sanctions used by the criminal justice system to
punish criminal offenders including death, imprisonment and community
supervision. All of these sanctions involve a social institution exerting direct
social control over an individual either through loss of life or liberty or via
constant supervision. And even after a prison sentence or community supervision
term has ended there are continuing penalties, for while a prison term
may be completed the label of "convicted felon" last a lifetime. A unique
Florida law affords judges the discretion to withhold adjudication...