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To: Beave Meister
...sentenced to life in prison without parole

Life sentence I can understand, $184 million I can understand, but no parole? Can't understand that. Hell, even Manson gets a parole hearing.

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8 posted on 05/30/2015 9:44:42 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe

“Life sentence I can understand, $184 million I can understand, but no parole? Can’t understand that. Hell, even Manson gets a parole hearing.”

FYI, there is no parole in Federal prison. Federal judges have minimum sentencing guidelines, and in this case, the minimum was 20 years, and it appears the maximum was life in prison. Federal judges cannot deviate from the guidelines.

Federal prisoners are only eligible to receive time off for good behavior, and that amounts to 15% of the prison term. With a life term, it would seem that time off for good behavior would not apply.

As for Manson, he is in a California STATE prison where the rules are different, as most states do have a parole system.


18 posted on 05/30/2015 10:24:24 AM PDT by CdMGuy
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