I hear some people get triple life and quaduple life...that seems like the dumbest thing ever.
LIFE...isnt that the operative word here?
Explain to me what the purpose it please.
2007-02-15 19:16:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
locig should read LOGIC, sorry
2007-02-15 19:17:48 · update #1
sorry for all the above typos, kinda tired
2007-02-15 19:30:37 · update #2
A regular life sentence = approx 20 years average some states are more some less
two consecutive life sentences is (2 ) 20 years sentences running back to back one after the other to = 40 years
two life sentences running CONCURRENT can be served at the same time rather than one after the other
normally a multiple charge by running them together it is basically a straight 20 years.
A 20 year life sentence one can normally get out after 17-18 years with good behavior or he could do 10 and be eligible for parole and get out to finish the sentence on the outside
Then of course you have .....Natural Life which = Die in Prison
hope I did not confuse you more ..I tend to do that sometimes
I am sure you know what the triple and quad is using the formula above as an example....LOVE the NAME
2007-02-15 19:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The logic is that any District Attorney will charge someone with everything and anything that they can. The purpose of that is because it is much easier to get an appeal than to make a conviction stick these days. The point of multiple life sentences is that the person has been charged with several crimes and you are charging them for each and every one.
You can get life and later get out on good behavior/parole. If the person truly deserves it, a multiple life sentence will make that nearly impossible.
2007-02-16 03:26:30 · answer #2 · answered by phoenixbard2004 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since your specifically referring to "Triple and Quadruple Life Sentences" Seeming like the dumbest thing ever. LIFE is very much the operative word. Life has a legal definition that may not always be defined as the life the convicted has. so in order to protect you, Multiple Life sentences can assure that. As described by law.
2007-02-16 03:33:53 · answer #3 · answered by . 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It does sound kind of absurd, doesn't it....... here's why :
Under the law, certain crimes carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. The judges are at liberty to administer those sentences. In the case where a defendant has multiple offenses, he must be sentenced on each of those charges by law.
There are two types of sentences........concurrent...meaning that the charges can be run together, almost as one. And there are consecutive sentences ( boxcar sentences ) which means that once the defendent serves the time for one sentence, he must then serve the next consecutive sentence, and so on.
So in the case of ( 3 ) charges that could get the penalty of life in prison........the defendant, in a consecutive sentence, would receive "life in prison" for each sentence. Then all the charges for that crime will have been served.
It's strange, but there's a method to the madness. Hope that helps you.
2007-02-16 03:24:27 · answer #4 · answered by C J 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Better than the death penalty , which they probably really deserve. This consecutive life sentences, keep them where they belong. Life in prison is one thing, life without parole is another. this way, for each offense, they have to serve each, finish one, then the next and so on. May sound like it has no logic, but it does, keeps them from getting out.
2007-02-16 03:33:43 · answer #5 · answered by m c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a life sentence you become eligible for parole in 30 years, so multiple sentences takes parole out of the picture.
Might as well put him on Deathrow
2007-02-16 03:27:52 · answer #6 · answered by Rowin 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a reason for it ! Some people are sentenced to life and then get out. If you have several life sentences they're telling you you will never get out until you're dead. It's NOT dumb. It's a way of keeping someone in prison with no chance of getting out.
2007-02-16 03:23:46 · answer #7 · answered by Smelly Cat 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
This guarentees the person does not get out of prison at all. I would rather see this put on then a death sentance in cases. Just in case the person is innocent.
2007-02-16 03:36:58 · answer #8 · answered by slytherin_95 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because here sometimes "LIFE" doesn't mean that; so the more consequtive sentences the better, it's like a back up in case he gets one of his sentences reduced or changed to non guilty.
2007-02-16 03:26:10 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
with life you can actually get out in 20 yrs or so, if the terms are consecutive it means you can work on one life term, but in 20 yrs you cant get out as you have to work on the next life term, you see, life doesnt mean life. silly i know.
2007-02-16 03:24:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋