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Originally Posted by DNSB
Not what I meant. They made a plea bargain and pled guilty in early October 2017 and it took till June 2018 for them to be sentenced? 8 months between the guilty pleas and sentencing? I wonder what, if any, kind of credit they got against their sentences for that time if it was spent in custody? Around here, the usual number is 2:1 so they would get 16 months knocked off their jail time.
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Generally, in the US, you get credited for time served, but it just counts as straight 1:1 time. It starts running from the time you are charged and incarcerated awaiting trial.