Alpo Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 You get arrested for some felony and you get sentenced to 20 years. You get paroled after 10. So you are back on the street. You got to check in with your parole officer, periodically, for the rest of the 20 years? If, after 9 years 11 months and 18 days you do something to break your parole (rob a bank, smoke some dope, hang around with a convict), they throw you back in the lock up, and you have to finish your 20-year sentence? So you do another 10 years in prison? Just curious how this thing works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Still worrying about covering up that body you buried in Alabama? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Everything is correct except one detail: Your sentence ends after 20 years expires (in this example) INCLUDING your time on parole. So after 9 years, 11 months, and 12 days, you would have just a few weeks of sentence left to serve. That said, whatever crime you committed to get your parole revoked would undoubtedly create a new sentence (assuming conviction) to serve. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 Okay, now let's talk probation. Because I ain't really sure what the difference between parole and probation is. You're found guilty and the judge sentences you to 5 years probation. After 3 years you commit another crime. That violates your probation and you go to prison for the rest of the original five years - in this case two more years? Plus whatever you might get sentenced for for this new crime? But when you're on probation, do you have to check in with somebody, like when you're on parole you have to check in with your parole officer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Parole is when you are released from prison, contingent upon good behavior. Probation is keeping your nose clean in lieu of going to jail or prison. Further screw-ups trigger the jail/prison sentence from the original crime. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Cyrus explained it perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 As to terms of probation, it depends on what the sentencing judge says is appropriate. Probation can be either supervised or unsupervised at the judge’s discretion or by statute. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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