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He will have to serve 21 years before early release. There is no parole in federal prison. I heard 5 years are concurrent making it 20 actual years. If that’s t
by nemo44x 3y ago
He will have to serve 21 years before early release. There is no parole in federal prison. I heard 5 years are concurrent making it 20 actual years. If that’s the case he can get out in 17 years.
He wasted a good part of his life.
- arrowsmith 3y agoI don't get it, what's the difference between parole and early release? Also how do you get to 21 and 17 from 25 and 20?
- kosievdmerwe 3y agoParole means you're still serving your time and have a bunch of restrictions on movement and other things. Early release means your sentence is concluded and the only lasting impacts on your life is that of having been convicted of a felony.
- sgt101 3y agoIs this fedral? I thought it was Manhattan DA?
- nemo44x 3y agoNope, it's Federal. He has appeals coming up though. I have no idea what the outcome could be but there's an opportunity for the sentence to be reduced on appeal. Honestly, this sentence doesn't appear egregious or "being made an example of" so IMO he doesn't get a reduction. But, sometimes you get a sympathetic judge?
- dragonwriter 3y agoIts a federal case tried by the US Attorney’s office for, and in the US District Court for, the Southern District of New York. Media will sometimes (because this are in Manhattan) label these as a Manhattan/New York prosecutors or a Manhattan court, but it is federal, not state, prosecutors and court in New York, not New York prosecutors or court.
- gamblor956 3y agoNo, it was 20 years + 5 years, to be served consecutively, so the total term is 25 years.
- nabla9 3y agoThe article says different. Tell me why it's wrong.