I recently heard about a sex offender that must serve 375 years in prison. How is this possible? It seems to be a waste of time to decide how long the person will be in prison. The person will probably live to 100 if lucky. Do they make it that long just for assurance that he will not outlive his sentence?
I am sorry if you cannot understand my order of sentences. I speak English as a second language.
2007-07-13 10:55:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
When someone receives a life sentence, they are still able to get out early on parole. So they tack up multiple sentences to ensure that they won't ever get out. It is also somewhat symbolic to charge them with each crime they committed. It shows the victims that all the crimes committed are documented and acknowledged by the courts. This helps the victims get closure.
2007-07-13 11:02:17 · answer #1 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You can't. The person was probably sentenced for more than one charge. If the conviction on any one charge is overturned, the sentence for the remaining charges would remain. The 375 year total guarantees the person will not outlive the sentence unless the majority of the convictions are overturned.
2007-07-13 14:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it has something to do with parole. If you are sentenced to life in prison you are eligible for parole in a certain number of years. If you have more than one life sentence you are not eligible until time has been served to account for both. So, for example, let's say the time until parole is 20 years, two life sentences would mean 40 years.
I could be way off the mark here though!!
2007-07-13 11:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your question is very well worded. I'll try to make my answer easy to understand. People are often given long sentences to ensure that they will remain in prison for their entire natural life. Also, each separate charge has it's own sentence. Let's say that our suspect here was convicted of five separate rapes, each with an 80 year sentence. If four of them are eventually overturned, he will still have one 80 year sentence to serve.
2007-07-13 11:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by Matt 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You are correct. The 375 year sentence is to make sure that the convict is not going to receive parole, and that they do not outlive their sentence.
BTW - your English is fine. :)
2007-07-13 13:06:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Aviator is correct- "life" means 30 years (approximately, depending on your state). AND, when you serve time it's calculated completely differently: for example each day you serve is three, so 375 years is really only 125-
The judge (or jury) is just trying to make sure this pervert never sees the light of day! (Of course that's why I prefer the death penalty in these cases.)
And, there is also something called: serving consecutively or serving concurrently- concurrently means at the same time, consecutively means one after the other...
2007-07-13 11:05:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They do it so there are no possibilities for him to get out on parole or request a retrial. If he decides to use the system by disputing his sentence and it gets reduced by some years, there will still be plenty of them left for him to die in prison.
(You write really good in English)
2007-07-13 14:41:22 · answer #7 · answered by OC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 13:29:28 · answer #8 · answered by ansell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In reality, you can't. The courts do this to ensure if you skate by one sentence, they keep you in jail on the others.
2007-07-14 00:56:26 · answer #9 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they make it that long to guarantee the person will never get out
2007-07-13 11:03:15 · answer #10 · answered by plhudson01 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋