Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for fraud

Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by tptacek on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:02PM (#33664014)

The same math gets me over 10 years, but: fair point. She'll serve most of her sentence. The key thing is that it's pretty deterministic; she's not getting out after a couple years, as can be the case for some state felonies.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by woodruffw on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:06PM (#33664075)

Yep! I only added that because people frequently confuse parole with "earned time" (and you're right about the math, since I forgot to rate-out the time she can't earn).

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by deweyair on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:08PM (#33664103)

Rule of thumb is you'll do 85% of your sentence in the actual federal prison, 15% can be served in a community corrections center. These are usually halfway houses, or county jail if no halfway house in the area contracts with the fed.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by mwint on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:42PM (#33666232)

Is federal prison worse than a county jail? On its face, my initial reaction is that I’d rather stay out of a county jail.

(But I’ve never done time or really looked into it)

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by tptacek on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:28PM (#33666605)

Federal prison is much better than a county jail, and low/minimum security federal prison better still.

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