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>15 years, of which she will likely only serve 9 IIRC in the federal prison system, prisoners must serve at least .85 of their sentence, so at least 12.75 year
by hollerith 2y ago
>15 years, of which she will likely only serve 9
IIRC in the federal prison system, prisoners must serve at least .85 of their sentence, so at least 12.75 years.
- qingcharles 2y agoCorrect. Although I'm recently seeing some get little bits shaved off, seemingly for programs, and some early releases to mandatory halfway houses. It's crumbs, though. Don't mess with the feds.
- paulpauper 2y agoalso presenting . if someone spends time in jail before sentecing, that is also deducted
- qingcharles 2y agoJust so it is clear for everyone, time in pretrial detention is generally counted as part of your prison sentence when calculating your release date. In Illinois, for instance, until cash bail was removed, a bulk of all prison sentences were actually served in county jails awaiting trial and sentencing. This is a problem since jails generally cannot, by law, offer rehabilitative services since they are dealing with unconvicted persons. And then when convicts get to prison they have too little time left to start any rehabilitation programs before release. Now that most suspects are not held prior to trial in Illinois, the bulk of any sentence will actually be served in the much better conditions and options of prisons.