Accordingly, when the trial court imposes a sentence of unconditional discharge, the defendant is released without imprisonment, probation supervision or conditions. A sentence of unconditional ...

The judge in President-elect Donald Trump's New York criminal hush money case indicated Friday that he intends to sentence ...

President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced in his New York hush money case after a jury in May convicted him ...

President-elect Trump was spared any punishment for his hush money criminal conviction Friday when a New York judge sentenced him to an unconditional discharge, eschewing jail time while securing ...

Trump's sentence, which Judge Juan Merchan announced on Jan. 10, 2025, created quite an uproar on social media. According to New York State law, an unconditional discharge means that Trump will ...

New York state law says unconditional discharge is a sentence handed down ‘without imprisonment, fine or probation supervision’ ...

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan gave Trump a no-penalty sentence known as unconditional discharge. It’s essentially the most lenient sentence available to the judge, carrying no jail ...

On Friday, New York Judge Juan Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge in Trump’s 2016 election subversion hush money case. This means Trump will avoid jail ...

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan could have sentenced ... Trump’s no-penalty sentence, called an unconditional discharge, is rare for felony convictions. The judge said that he had to respect ...

Judge Juan Merchan did not sentence the president-elect to prison, and instead sentenced him to an unconditional discharge, meaning there is no punishment imposed: no jail time, fines or probation.

Justice Juan Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge on Friday ... that the sentence is appropriate when a judge “is of the opinion that no proper purpose ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan allowed media organizations to record the audio from inside the courtroom as he sentenced President-elect Donald Trump on Friday to an “unconditional discharge” in ...