Obviously the judge who sentenced him expected him to die in prison. Yet legally, he will be set free in the year 2980. Perhaps the law will have to be reinterpreted to argue for the judge’s intent: that the government wants him to die behind bars. But if he duly serves the time he owes, we can’t arbitrarily change the law to prevent his release, right? Nevertheless, after stewing in prison for almost a millennium, do we think it’s a good idea for him to rejoin society?
This sounds like you don’t understand how the law actually works. In the real world prisoners are frequently released without serving all the years that they are sentenced to serve. You don’t need to reinterpret the law to release someone earlier, you just need to apply the law as the law is actually applied in practice.
I believe during sentencing a parole eligibility date is set. That date can, interestingly enough, be set way in the future—past the expected lifespan of the criminal.
The list I cited in my post (which is from Wikipedia) includes a section titled “Prisoners sentenced to one life imprisonment with possibility of parole after a period that exceeds a natural human life”.
Admittedly, I’m not the most knowledgeable when it comes to the law, do I have something wrong here?
This sounds like you don’t understand how the law actually works. In the real world prisoners are frequently released without serving all the years that they are sentenced to serve. You don’t need to reinterpret the law to release someone earlier, you just need to apply the law as the law is actually applied in practice.
Parole is a thing.
I believe during sentencing a parole eligibility date is set. That date can, interestingly enough, be set way in the future—past the expected lifespan of the criminal.
The list I cited in my post (which is from Wikipedia) includes a section titled “Prisoners sentenced to one life imprisonment with possibility of parole after a period that exceeds a natural human life”.
Admittedly, I’m not the most knowledgeable when it comes to the law, do I have something wrong here?