RE: Paul Manafort
March 8, 2019 at 8:15 pm
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2019 at 8:17 pm by Yonadav.)
(March 8, 2019 at 8:07 pm)fredd bear Wrote: I recently read that Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison. With 9 month served, that brings it down to 36 months.
I don't understand the US legal system.
Here in Oz, sentences are set, such as: 36 months, with say a non parole period of 24 months. That sentence is then further reduced by 1/3, unless the person has been very naughty while inside.
How does it work in the US? I'm no admirer of the Trump administration. However, I thought 47 months was pretty severe..
How long will Manafort be most likely to spend in prison.?.
He has sentencing for other crimes to look forward to. We have different systems for state and federal sentences. For federal sentences, you can't get very much time off for good behavior (54 days per year). So he will be doing most of that time. In the state system, time off for good behavior is different from state to state. Some states are very generous, and others aren't.
My understanding is that 47 months was a very light sentence. I haven't checked into the facts on the matter yet, but I guess he was expected to get more like 20 years.
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