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A sentence may consist of imprisonment, a fine, or other sanctions. Sentences for multiple crimes may be a concurrent sentence, where sentences of imprisonment are all served together at the same time, or a consecutive sentence, in which the period of imprisonment is the sum of all sentences served one after the other. [2]
88 concurrent life sentences with parole possible in 40 years United Kingdom: Indonesian-born Manchester resident who was convicted of 136 rapes from 2015 to 2017 of at least 48 drugged victims, a number that according to British Police is most likely much higher. [3] Also the longest officially confirmed sentence ever handed outside the U.S.
Consecutive sentences: offences arise out of unrelated facts or incidents; offences that are of the same or similar kind but where the overall criminality will not sufficiently be reflected by concurrent sentences; one or more offence(s) qualifies for a statutory minimum sentence and concurrent sentences would improperly undermine that minimum.
A well-known example of this phenomenon is Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (1944). [1] [2] Concurring opinions may be held by courts but not expressed: in many legal systems the court "speaks with one voice" and thus any concurring or dissenting opinions are not reported.
A concurrent resolution is a resolution (a legislative measure) adopted by both houses of a bicameral legislature that lacks the force of law (is non-binding) and does not require the approval of the chief executive .
There is no hard and fast rule. In the end, a judgment must be made to balance the principle that one transaction generally attracts concurrent sentences with the principle that the overall criminal conduct must be appropriately recognised and that distinct acts may in the circumstances, attract distinct penalties. Proper weight must, therefore ...
Concurrent logic programming integrates concepts of logic programming with concurrent programming. Its development was given a big impetus in the 1980s by its choice for the systems programming language of the Japanese Fifth Generation Project (FGCS). [67] A concurrent logic program is a set of guarded Horn clauses of the form:
Very generally, when a sentence, inclduing a life sentence, is consecutive with any other sentence (life or determinate) then the minimum time for consideration of parole is cumulated between the sentences. When sentences are concurrent, the minimum time for parole for the longest applicable sentence is used. For example, consider a state that ...