I just heard on the TV that someone got life in prison plus 47 years. I never understood this. Life in prison is life in prison so what does this mean when they get additional time on top of life in prison?
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They count each individual conviction and each one has its own number of years attached. Just because one crime gets a life sentence doesn’t mean they just write off the others.
This is important because each crime needs to be paid for, but also because any one of them could be overturned and they don’t want to have to go back and say “well he got off for the murder but now we need to figure out what he owes for the other crimes.”
Account for each of them up front and you know exactly where you stand if any is ever overturned.
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