I was going to say what Dennis said, it is accurate. Also: the sentence you get, say 300 months, is a maximum as well. You can do less with good time. If you don't commit other crimes and don't fall under the sex iffender exception or the enemy combatant exception (where they don't have to even charge, try, and convict you), you won't do more. (Sex offenders can be kept locked up as dangers even after their sentence is complete.)
Justin
--- Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Michael asked:
>
>
>
> >Whereas in the federal system, no minimum is
> specified before you
> >can get out, even though the good time index system
> probably mathematically
> >implies one?
>
>
> In federal sentencing the United States Code,
> written by legislators, sets
> up mandatory minimums. In drug cases the minimums
> are triggered by
> quantity and type of drug. This is where the
> disparities between sentences
> for cocaine and crack (and now meth) come in. But
> there are ways to get a
> sentence that is under the mandatory minimum under
> the separate system of
> federal sentencing guidelines. Whatever your
> sentence, you serve about 85%
> with good time.
>
> The supreme court decision that declared the
> guidelines advisory earlier
> this year has changed things, but not that
> noticeably yet since the
> guidelines are all most people in the system know.
>
>
>
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