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From: kgdykes@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ken Dykes)
Subject: Re: Len Rose sentenced to Prison Term
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.052259.19540@watmath.waterloo.edu>
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Organization: Thinkage Ltd.
References: <1991Jun12.171049.12389@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <1991Jun17.171009.25930@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 05:22:59 GMT
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In article <1991Jun17.171009.25930@ddsw1.MCS.COM> zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes:
>
>	Why a year and a day?  What is the motive behind this?  Why not just
>a year?  So now they can say, "We put him in just, not just for a year, but
>MORE than a year?"

well, i dont know about the USA, but in Canada, plus/minus a day on a 
year boundary could mean the difference between FEDERAL and provincial/state
penitentary.
if you must go to jail, a general, but not always accurate :-), rule
is a FED *minimum* penn is the least-offensive/least-crowded/safest/etc place
   to spend time.
i believe this is what Len got, FED MINIMUM.
the judge did him a *favour* :-)

also, again in Canada, no one need serve their whole sentence, usually
for minimum security types they get day-passes-to-local-town within a
month or two and generally are out on parole in about 1/3 - 1/2 of their
sentence. (well more like half-way house by 1/3 and parole at 1/2).
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