Doing The Time That Fits The Crime

(I am in training to be a court interpreter. During this exercise, we had to list as many legal terms in English as we could think of. Then we compare notes.)

Instructor: “What are possible penalties for a crime?”

Me: “Incarceration!”

Student #1: “Fines!”

Student #2: “Work diversion!”

Student #3: “Prostitution!”

All: “WHAT?!”

Instructor: “Not in the US.”

Student #3: “I mean probation!”