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for non-violent offenses, with good behavior you typically only serve 30-40% of your sentence (at least in iowa, my wife is a social worker and deals with peopl
by viggity 13y ago
for non-violent offenses, with good behavior you typically only serve 30-40% of your sentence (at least in iowa, my wife is a social worker and deals with people in the system).
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- agwa 13y agoHe was convicted in federal court, and in the federal system there's no parole and only very limited credit for good behavior. He'll serve at least 87.1% of his sentence[1] (barring unlikely events such as a successful SCOTUS appeal or a pardon). Most likely he'll die in prison -- old prisoners age quite quickly. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_conduct_time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_conduct_time
- YokoZar 13y agoThat's because the prison system is overcrowded, in part because of the judge in question, so I'm not entirely sure he'd be given the same leniency.
- mathattack 13y agoMaybe he'll get to meet with some of his old "friends" there?