Well the guy will do the time now as he should. Whether it’s a mistake by some prison official or some stupid EO that allows illegal aliens to run free for a period ... the fact they built decent lives doesn’t erase what they did. whether the sentence itself was fair and just is a separate matter. But if a mistake is made and a prisoner or illegal alien is allowed to remain free for a period of time that doesn’t count as time served.
Refresh my memory - how many years did Bill Clinton serve in prison for the much more serious crime of perjuring himself in front of Federal Judge Susan Webber Wright?
Granted, Clinton didn't have a BB gun...
I wouldn't be too sure about that. There is a statute of limitations. If the man remained available to the authorities in the proper jurisdiction and they failed to imprison the convict due to no fault of the convict, a good attorney may indeed argue the time was actually served with or without incarceration and the authorities may be barred from putting the convict in further jeopardy of incarceration by the statute of limitations.