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by gijjk 4807 days ago
Parole exists, which makes prison times extremely flexible, The exception is mandatory minimums, which are generally only for murder and for handling drugs that non-white/rich people tend to be disproportionately involved with.
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I was thinking about maximum times, not minimums. There is no opposite of parole to extend their sentence, that I know of.