How long do you serve on a 40 yr sentence with 30 yrs in already?
Anne Weiss
Depending on the prison system that your inmate is in, the typical offender serves 85% of the time imposed.
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Depending on the prison system that your inmate is in, the typical offender serves 85% of the time imposed. This 15% represents "good time" credited when the sentence begins. Assuming that the inmate has all of their good time intact, 85% of 480 months is 408 months of which 360 have been served. That leaves 48 months or exactly four years left to be served.
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Accepted Answer Date Created: January 08,2016
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