A governor decides to grant partial pardons to prisoners who are serving their time, reducing
all sentences by half. Sentences of 20 years are cut to 10, sentences of 10 years cut to 5,
and so forth. But there are some prisoners serving life sentences. The warden has to follow
the governor's order, but how can he decide fairly about the lifers?
Originally posted by HandyAndy A governor decides to grant partial pardons to prisoners who are serving their time, reducing
all sentences by half. Sentences of 20 years are cut to 10, sentences of 10 years cut to 5,
and so forth. But there are some prisoners serving life sentences. The warden has to follow
the governor's order, but how can he decide fairly about the lifers?
Originally posted by HandyAndy A governor decides to grant partial pardons to prisoners who are serving their time, reducing
all sentences by half. Sentences of 20 years are cut to 10, sentences of 10 years cut to 5,
and so forth. But there are some prisoners serving life sentences. The warden has to follow
the governor's order, but how can he decide fairly about the lifers?
What if the governor decides to double every prisoners' sentence?
How does he deal with the lifers????
He puts the lifers into a group and commutes the sentences of half the group chosen at random. The other half must continue to serve their life sentences.
Originally posted by HandyAndy A governor decides to grant partial pardons to prisoners who are serving their time, reducing
all sentences by half. Sentences of 20 years are cut to 10, sentences of 10 years cut to 5,
and so forth. But there are some prisoners serving life sentences. The warden has to follow
the governor's order, but how can he decide fairly about the lifers?
Get data on life expectancy and on an ongoing basis commute the sentences of lifers when their expected remaining time to live equals their time served.
In the first round a number of lifers may be found whose time served exceeds their remaining years to live. Unavoidable.
Originally posted by JS357 Get data on life expectancy and on an ongoing basis commute the sentences of lifers when their expected remaining time to live equals their time served.
In the first round a number of lifers may be found whose time served exceeds their remaining years to live. Unavoidable.
Originally posted by HandyAndy A governor decides to grant partial pardons to prisoners who are serving their time, reducing
all sentences by half. Sentences of 20 years are cut to 10, sentences of 10 years cut to 5,
and so forth. But there are some prisoners serving life sentences. The warden has to follow
the governor's order, but how can he decide fairly about the lifers?