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Multiple Life Sentences for Minor in Police Shooting He did not Participate in. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how you figure that sentences of finite numbers of years are life sentences unless you're being willfully obtuse.

You should also note that I have not made any arguments. I've only provided additional information beyond a screenshot of a very old tweet, which is publicly and easily available, and I have stayed as far from editorializing as possible.

Whatever your opinion about this situation, you will be better served by presenting it alongside a more complete and accurate respresentation of facts than this screenshot of a tweet contains.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Not the person you're arguing with, but just to be clear, in the US, life sentences are either determinate or indeterminate. The former are for the remainder of natural life. The latter typically have a fixed part ~~(25/30 years, in this case)~~ after which parole is possible for early release, but can extend up to the remainder of natural life.

So when we say "multiple life sentences" it doesn't mean sentencing for the duration of a multiple of their remaining natural life, it means that there are multiple sentences that have the possibility of life imprisonment.

Edit: I see what you're saying. In this case, these were both fixed sentences, not indeterminate life sentences.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Which, so far as I can see, is not the case here. 30 years for felony murder, 25 years for burglary and theft.