Oh, that's when someone is sentenced to be suspended by chains on a dungeon wall. Nowadays the sentence is reserved for characters who make unfunny appearances in one panel cartoons. A suspended sentence means the culprit doesn't have to serve a term in jail, but can go on about his life, usually on probation or some other court supervision, as long as he stays out of trouble.The length of time of the suspended sentence is as long as the jail time, if not longer. If he does get into trouble he has to go to jail immediatly, he does not go back to court on the original crime and sentence, he does not pass go, he goes to jail. He may even get additional time on the new trouble,he might not even go to court over the new "trouble". The definition of "trouble" depends on the court and may or may not be specified.It can be as trivial as a traffic ticket. A suspended sentence is often given to a first-time offender who is "basically good" and isn't likely to offend again or to a repeat offender who is doing minor crimes and a one year or two year term isn't likely to affect, but a few suspended sentences added up and then finally inforced adds up to a longer stretch. If the suspended sentence is completed without any "trouble" there is still a record of conviction. Any fines assessed may or may not have to be paid. Suspended sentence differs from parole with probation , parole usually requires that some jail time be served or at least fines paid. Deferred Adjudication requires a guilty or no contest plea to the charge, but instead of a finding of guilty at that time, the court orders probation (usually unsupervised) for a period of time.At the end of that period, with no "trouble", the case is dismissed and there is no record of conviction . There might be a record of deferred adjudication.

a defered sentence can be expunged from your record typically at the end of the time period... a suspended sentence can not be expunged typically for ten years, and even then if it was of a felony level, then longer or not at all... basically the easiest way to explain the difference is to say that a suspended sentence was a plea of guilty and at the end is still a plea of guilty but you did not have to go to prison... a defered sentence is a guilty plea while you are under the defered time frame, typically 12-24 months, sometimes shorter.. but at the end of that if you completed everything it is dismissed as a guilty plea, and listed as ethier a deferment or as dismissed depeneding on your state, and typically in all states at that point you can hire another attorney, and spend more money to get that expunged, which is a sealing of your record... in this means that no one except the goverment can see any of the paperwork showing you were arrested or charged..