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Originally Posted by blackmonsters
Why bother to plead for 25 year minimum when you are over 50?
Do they think they will get out of prison at 75 and 84 and land a good job.
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and get more kids to torment... gotta have something to look forward too in old age
In NY, the majority of sentences are indeterminate and will be expressed as 1/3 to the whole. A good example is an 8–1/3 - 25 year sentence. In this case, the inmate cannot be paroled until s/he serves 1/3 of the sentence, or 8–1/3 years. S/he
can be paroled after serving 8–1/3, but if parole is denied (and it often is), the inmate will meet with the parole board every two years and can be paroled by the board then. Assuming, however, that the board denies parole every time, t
he inmate must be paroled after serving 2/3 of his/her sentence, or at 16–2/3 years. The remaining 8–1/3 years will be spent on parole. NY has a lot of other ways to sentence, but explaining them would take to long.