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Topic	A prisoner who briefly died argues that he's served his life sentence
ParanoidObsessive 11/16/19 1:38:12 AM #21:	This is why some criminals get multiple life sentences, or sentences like "Life plus 40 years". We've got to account for unexpected resurrections! Actually, it doesn't matter at all - in a legal sense, "life" doesn't literally mean life, it refers to a specific period of time which is considered sufficient to keep a prison in prison for the rest of their life. This matters for parole reasons (where you're only eligible for parole after serving 1/12th of your total sentence, so "life" needs a specific numerical value unless your sentence is "life with no possibility of parole"). That's also why sentences like "life plus 40 years" exist - it's adding the 40 years to the number value of "life" to get a longer period of time before parole eligibility kick in. I think "life" differs based on where you are, but the average time is usually somewhere around 70 years or so. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:930207389] in A prisoner... [t:78162367]...</cite> <quote>This is why some criminals get multiple life sentences, or sentences like "Life plus 40 years". We've got to account for unexpected resurrections! Actually, it doesn't matter at all - in a legal sense, "life" doesn't literally mean life, it refers to a specific period of time which is considered sufficient to keep a prison in prison for the rest of their life. This matters for parole reasons (where you're only eligible for parole after serving 1/12th of your total sentence, so "life" needs a specific numerical value unless your sentence is "life with no possibility of parole"). That's also why sentences like "life plus 40 years" exist - it's adding the 40 years to the number value of "life" to get a longer period of time before parole eligibility kick in. I think "life" differs based on where you are, but the average time is usually somewhere around 70 years or so. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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