Comment on What is the definition of concurrent vs cumulative?
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 day ago
With regards to prison sentences?
Sentences served concurrently are served at the same time. If someone was found guilty of 3 different crimes, and was sentenced to 1, 3 and 5 years in prison for them, and they were to be served concurrently, they’d be in prison for a total of 5 years.
Cumulative (or consecutive, depending on where you’re from) sentences are served one after another, so in the above example, they’d be in prison for a total of 9 years.
It’s also possible for (for example) the 1 and 3 year sentences to be served cumulatively, and the 5 year to be served concurrently (in which case the total would be 8 years).
It’s also possible for (for example) the 1 and 3 year sentences to be served cumulatively, and the 5 year to be served concurrently (in which case the total would be 8 years).
Wouldn’t that still be 9 years? 1 and 3 are cumulative, giving a 4 year sentence, and the 5 years is concurrent with that. 4 & 5 concurrent makes 5.
To get 8, wouldn’t you want the 3 and 5 served consecutively with the 1 year being concurrent?
Yep, you’re right. Confused myself with all the cumulative vs consecutive vs concurrent jabber.
x4740N@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Not in regards to prison sentences, just in general
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It is the same thing but with less prison time.