Is there any way to get your sentence reduced after serving 15 years of a life sentence?
I HAVE A FRIEND THAT WAS SENTENCED TO 103 YRS FOR ATTEMPT TO MURDER 2 COUNTS OF ASSAULT BURGLARY AND KIDNAPPING HE BEEN IN JAIL NOW FOR 15 YEARS THESE EVENTS HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS 18 YRS OLD A FRIEND LACED THE MARIJUANA WITH SHERM WITHOUT HIS KNOWING OTHER WISE HE GOT IN TROUBLE WHILE YOUNGER BUT NOTHING LIKE ON HIS CASE.IS THERE A WAY TO GET THE SENTENCE DROPPED LOWER A LOT CHANGES IN 15 YEARS YOU THINK TOTALLY DIFFERENT YOU HANDLE THINGS DIFFERENT, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
Lataya Jackson
Post-conviction sentence reduction success is rare.
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Post-conviction sentence reduction success is rare. Getting a sentence dropped altogether will never happen, especially when you see a sentence of 103 years... this judge must have been very angry to hand down that time to an eighteen year old.
Your friend's best chance is if the judge allowed for a possibility of parole in the Judgement and Commitment papers. If that is available, then he will need to work VERY hard with the staff at the prison to make certain that he is in compliance with all programming requirements and that he does not get any incidence reports.
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Accepted Answer Date Created: January 16,2016
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