I highly doubt he will serve all 25. There is no parole in a fed case, but could get reduced time for good behavior. Unlikely he will be in prison stabbing people.

Good behaviour in federal sentences is restricted to 15% off the total.

So almost 4 years

There is also First Step Act.

Highly unlikely after spending most of his adult life in federal prison.

Imagine going into prison in the late 90's and coming out all the technology in the world today, none of which you've seen except maybe on TV.

The Dick Tracey movie came out in 1990 and now we've got smart watches which are literally a cell phone on your wrist.

Imagine going into jail when AIM/MSN/ICQ were the hotness and coming out to tiktok and snapchat.

That's someone who went into jail in the 90's. Imagine someone who went into jail in the early 80's or 70's. Coming out to the modern world would be like time traveling.

A lot of inmates coming out of multi-decade imprisonment are completely overwhelmed by how far society has advanced.

Pfft, in what ways has society advanced since then?

I'm being a bit facetious, but lets be real, most of the interactions people have with technological advancement create negative value for themselves and everyone around them.

The only thing that's arguably neutral is basic chat, and maybe HN which is marginally more sophisticated than it would have been then. Being able to take high quality photo and video at any time is quite a lot more commodified, but I feel like a former prisoner could handle that.

Maybe video calls would do it, that's another big one, but people born in the 30s can deal with it.

News reports say that he might serve as little as 12.5 years.

No, I think Sam is too far into his own demented world to rejoin ours in a productive way. Hope I’m wrong.