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Originally Posted by Breadfish
iPhone, the part that bothers me is being sentenced to at leaat 25 years mental hospital time. They might be 'all better' after 1 or 2 or 6 years (and able to re enter society as long as they take their meds, attend therapy - which they could be court-ordered to) and they'd have to stay for 25 anyway?
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Well I'm sure that just like regular prison, they will be eligible for parole before the 25 years is up. In Georgia, it's after 7 years is served (for sentences over 21 years)...I don't know the exact stipulations for their state. The 25 years is a precaution on the behalf of both parties because an "indefinite" sentence could allow them to be kept longer (or forever) and a shorter sentence could mean they won't be fully recovered but they will have to let them go anyway.
Giving such a long sentence will allow them to be released (on parole) because they are actually better, not because they have to.