• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Concurrent = at the same time

    Consecutive = one after another

    Concurrent is almost always the better deal.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve never understood that. How is serving sentences concurrently at all the same punishment? Are there cases where someone has two sentences that can be ruled either to serve consecutively or concurrently? Who makes that decision and what goes into it?

    • MsPenguinette@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Indeed. What I intended when I said that was that the judge thought consecutive wouldn’t even be needed because she’s going to be spending way more than 15 in prison.

      A dig simular to if a judge only fined someone $1k instead of $10 and saying “you still won’t be able to pay 1k”