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imacomputer | 1 year ago

IIRC he must serve 85% of his sentence

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harambae|1 year ago

First Step Act changed this and it could technically be 50% (12.5 years) although I don't personally think it will be in SBF's case.

See this guys comment...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39856162

and a million others correcting the "85%" meme that HN parrots incessantly (not sure why anyone would expect programmers to be experts on federal incarceration nuances)

imacomputer|1 year ago

Wow, that isn't too long for billions in fraud. Thanks for the update.