For example you’re reading about someone convicted of a crime and they get…2 consecutive life sentences.
Or where one guy gets 300 years and another gets 500 years?
I’m not sure of the additional years are meant as a punctuation to a sentence that reflects the crime, or isbthe judge/system trying to cover their bases in case of life extension becoming a thing? (And even if life extension is discovered, that person would be serving a sentence, and probably not eligible or rather able to get/receive whatever the extension would involve)
So, anyone wanna break this down for me?
*Not sure if my flair on this relates to economics, so putting it on other for now*
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In most jurisdictions, at least in the US “life” doesn’t actually literally mean for the rest of your life. You can be released on parole, unless you were sentenced to life without parole. It varies by jurisdiction, but you can usually apply after 15, 25, or however many years.
When you receive multiple sentences from being convicted of multiple crimes, that sentences are usually served back to back. You get 10 years from one thing, and 2 for something else, and altogether you have 12 years in prison.
So then when you receive multiple life sentences, that can serve to extend how long you need to wait to apply for parole.
Sometimes sentences are served concurrently but I’m not exactly sure how that works.
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