concurrent sentences
Penalties overlap completely
Concurrent sentences are prison terms served at the same time rather than one after another.
A defendant convicted of multiple crimes might receive two ten-year sentences to run concurrently, meaning release after ten years rather than twenty.
Judges impose concurrent sentences when crimes arose from a single incident or to limit overall punishment.
Contrast with consecutive sentences, which stack end to end.
- parole eligibilityQualification for supervised freedom
- parole boardsBodies granting early freedom
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
- plea bargainsAgreements exchanging admissions for lesser charges
- guilty pleaAdmitting criminal responsibility
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