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HeIsRisen2018

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In the simplest terms as possible, why is it that sometimes when people receive prison sentences a lot of the times it's even longer then their lifespan? Do they allow their corpses and skeletons to rot behind bars until their time is up to finally bury them or something? Please understand that I'm being sarcastic about that part, I just never really understood the purpose for that.
 
HeIsRisen2018 said:
In the simplest terms as possible, why is it that sometimes when people receive prison sentences a lot of the times it's even longer then their lifespan? Do they allow their corpses and skeletons to rot behind bars until their time is up to finally bury them or something? Please understand that I'm being sarcastic about that part, I just never really understood the purpose for that.
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imo some court sentences should be till the die or the health breaks and they can no longer be a threat to society. i have family member murdered . 3 men involved each one given 3 consecutive life sentences 1 is dead 1 is out 1 still remains. the ring leader.. your never going to understand a court sentence . i have seen drug sentences longer than murder
 
Our system is based on being tough on ctime, and one of the aspects of being tough is increasing sentence length. Each charge a defendant is found guilty has a sentence independant, so that is why sentences can be past a person's expected life span.
 
HeIsRisen2018 said:
In the simplest terms as possible, why is it that sometimes when people receive prison sentences a lot of the times it's even longer then their lifespan?
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Its when a judge really, really doesn't want that person to ever get out of prison.

Is someone is sentenced to life in prison, in some states they are eligible for parole after maybe 25 years. They can get out. If they are sentenced to 1000 years, they have to wait maybe 300 years to be eligible for parole. The judge hopes this means they will never get out for any reason.
 
KevinK said:
In the case of multiple crimes, it's to ensure prison time should one or more of the convictions be later overturned.
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Alright, so where in the world do they come up with a ranominal number like 147 years, or three hundred years or something? And besides, if a conviction is overturned and they are found innocent for the crime that they were originally convicted of, doesn't that mean they wouldn't have any more time to serve anyway?
 
Milk-Drops said:
Our system is based on being tough on ctime, and one of the aspects of being tough is increasing sentence length. Each charge a defendant is found guilty has a sentence independant, so that is why sentences can be past a person's expected life span.
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our system is made for the rich..the more money you have
Michael74 said:
Its when a judge really, really doesn't want that person to ever get out of prison.

Is someone is sentenced to life in prison, in some states they are eligible for parole after maybe 25 years. They can get out. If they are sentenced to 1000 years, they have to wait maybe 300 years to be eligible for parole. The judge hopes this means they will never get out for any reason.
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the better you pay a lawyer to keep you out of jail
 
KevinK said:
Sorry, I'm not a lawyer so don't know the actual details or how they get the exact numbers. I just know the general reason.
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makes you wonder. in federal court they have sentencing guidelines and go by points . i dont fully understand that either each crime class A B C D has its points . they do a pre sentencing investigation any prior offenses can add points. te judge has a range of guidlines to sentence by .personally i think it depends on who you are
 
im not a marxist, but...they do make some interesting points. when you see poor people in prison for relatively minor crimes and then you have the leaders of the big banks walking away w/o any charges, even after bringing about a global financial crisis...

the marxist idea that the legal system in largely about the top 1% or so controlling everyone else....begins to make a lot of sense.
 
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