This reminded me of it.

What if I were to borrow $10 from you on Monday, $10 from you on Wednesday, and then give you one $10 concurrent repayment of the debt on Friday? Would that work for you?

How did this concurrent sentencing shit ever get started?

Agreed. It's malarky. If they're going to run concurrently, how about you serve time for crime A on monday, crime B on Tuesday...etc, and alternate days until both sentences have been fully served.

I would stick him out in general population and look the other way for a few minutes.

Concurrent life sentences are OK.

I may be wrong in my understanding, but concurrent or successive are the same thing, IF for some reason, one gets dropped, the other still means you are in prison for life.

LIFE means life, no matter if you have 100, 1, successive, concurrent, 1 week on one week off.

Or am I wrong?

So where was Cool Hand Luke supposed to be?

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Originally posted by rburg:
So where was Cool Hand Luke supposed to be?

In the box?

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How did this concurrent sentencing shit ever get started?

Some of the forum lawyers will probably be along to state this more clearly but in some jurisdictions, there are statutory prohibitions against meting out multiple punishments for convictions arising from a single unlawful act. In such cases, while the defendant may have been convicted of multiple offenses, he would effectively be given only a single (usually longer) sentence for the more serious crime to run concurrently with the (usually shorter) sentence for the lesser crime.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
I may be wrong in my understanding, but concurrent or successive are the same thing, IF for some reason, one gets dropped, the other still means you are in prison for life.

LIFE means life, no matter if you have 100, 1, successive, concurrent, 1 week on one week off.

Or am I wrong?

Sadly, you are mistaken here. I wish I were kidding, but I'm not. Google 'life sentence parole' for details. Here's an example from the Georgia State Board of Paroles and Pardons

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An offender serving a life sentence, for which parole is authorized by law, is automatically considered for parole on the date permitted by applicable constitutional and statutory law.

Parole-eligible offenders serving a life sentence for a serious violent felony (murder, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, armed robbery, or kidnapping) committed prior to July 1, 2006, are initially considered for parole after serving 14 years. Those offenders who committed such crimes on or after July 1, 2006, will not be considered for parole until they have served 30 years.

Yep, that's the deal in Georgia. Convicted for murder in 2003, sentenced to life? Eligible for parole this year as it'll have been 14 years. Georgia seems to have tightened this in 2006 as lifers now aren't eligible until after 30 years.

Not picking on Georgia - it was just the first Google hit. The bottom line is a criminal earning a 'life sentence' does not necessarily stay in prison the rest of their life.

Personally, I think they use the term 'life' to confuse jurors and the general public. They think someone's been put away for good with a life sentence.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Concurrent life sentences are OK.

If it life without possibility of parole.

I want to see someone get consecutive death sentences carried out.

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How did this concurrent sentencing shit ever get started?

There isn't enough room to hold everybody.