This is not an exaggeration. This is a direct quote from a local news story about a really bad man who got caught doing really bad things. Someone, please, how we got from 360 to 25?!
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If you commit a crime and are sentenced to 10 years, you serve 10 years. If you commit that crime 10 times, you will be sentenced to 10 sets of 10 years. You can serve those 10 sentences consecutively, in which you will be in jail for the full 100 years. Or you can serve those 10 sentences concurrently, meaning every year you spend in jail counts as one year for all of the sentences simultaneously. In this case, you would only be in jail for 10 years.
In addition to that, most sentences come with conditions. So even though the sentence was for 10 years, it comes with the option of parole after 6. So if you are a model prisoner and never get into trouble, that 100 year sentence might only be 6 years of jail time and 4 years of living free but monitored. But if a journalist is following your case, saying you got out after only 6 years for a 100 year sentence makes a very engaging headline, with plenty of outrage and engagement.
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