Serving of 65% Sentence Law
My 42 year old son is in prison due to several DUI's. He keeps asking for information on a law which provides that a prisoner serve only 65% of his sentence. Is there such a law, and how does it work?
Asked on 2/18/03, 11:43 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson
Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson
Re: Serving of 65% Sentence Law
I am not aware of any such law. In Virginia,
which abolished parole effective 1/1/95, those inmates who are serving penitentiary sentences,
must serve, roughly, 87 to 88 per cent of the
sentence before they are eligible for release.
(Three or more DUI convictions within a 10 year period in Virginia is a felony which can get you such a sentence.)
Answered on 2/18/03, 6:46 pm
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