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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]
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.
Other countries either allow multiple concurrent life sentences which can be served at the same time (e.g. Russia), or allow multiple consecutive life sentences with a single minimum term (e.g. Australia), thus allowing earlier release of the prisoner.
Such a compounded sentence may be tailored to run consecutively, with one sentence beginning after completion of another, or concurrently, where all or most of several sentences are served together. [citation needed] In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v.
Record for most consecutive life sentences ever given to a single individual. [1] Patrick Wood Crusius: 2023 90 consecutive life sentences without parole United States. Perpetrator of the 2019 El Paso shooting, in which 23 people were killed and 23 more injured; he is also charged in Texas state jurisdiction, and faces the death penalty if ...
Consecutive sentencing was imposed on counts six and seven — one count of first-degree and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, because the instances occurred back to back on the ...
In a split decision, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 65-year prison sentence given to a woman who stole items from nursing home residents.
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 ...