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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by koenigdavidmj on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:10PM (#6741002)
There is no parole in the federal system.
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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by rayiner on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:34PM (#6741209)
No, but there are good time credits which will reduce it to a little over 8.5 years.
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Re:Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak by jamesaguilar on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:15PM (#6741043)
Ah, I misread. I thought it said, "He was sentenced to serve a maximum of ...", but actually it says, "He was sentenced to the maximum of ...". Ten years, then. Still not terribly surprising to me given what he did.
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