But the sentence also served as a strong reminder of the tribunal's shortcomings.

However she did not have to serve that sentence because of time already served in the Soviet prison.

The President can also commute a sentence which, in effect, changes the punishment to time served.

He received a one-year sentence with credit for time served since his arrest.

He could be released by spring - basically a sentence of time served.

Rather, he said, the sentence would serve as "an example."

The sentence levels were designed to match current time actually served.

And it worked: Clinton commuted the drug dealer's sentence to time served.

He did reduce some fines and commute two sentences to time already served.

"But the net result is that the sentences didn't serve in any way as a deterrent."