When a Court suspends a sentence, it is giving an individual a second shot. It is saying, “I am not going to impose that sentence at this point in time. Instead, I am going to suspend it. Place you generally on a probationary period. Give requirements that you must complete. As long as you complete the requirements and stay out of trouble, pick up no new arrests, then the Court will not impose that suspended sentence.” Again, it gives the Trial Judges the ability to motivate an individual to stay out of trouble by suspending a worse punishment over their heads.