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My brother went to jail on the 27th immediately after court so does this day count or does his time start on the 28th?

Yes, his first day in is his first day in.

Other than a city jail being run by the city, and the county jail run by the county-how do the sentences differ? Do people going to a city jail serve less than 90 day sentences and those in county run jails serve longer?

City and county jail are the same thing where i live. In New York we have Rikers Island, that’s where everybody goes if you are sentenced to under a year, or if you are going back and forth to court, then you can be there for a week to a few years depending on your case. Prison is where you go after your sentenced and you recieved more then a year

It seems like everybody does it and nobody gets caught, but everyone warns if you do it you’re going to jail. What would be the fine, or jail sentence?

It depends where you’re downloading from.

The RIAA regularly monitors the gnutella network… This would include BearShare, Limewire, etc all those programs use the same network.. Pretty much any of the public, open, networks, yes. If you downloaded the program for free that lets you search the web for files using the P2P network, all of these programs use the same network and are monitored…

If you’re downloading from a private network - possibly. Again it depends on the network…

And it depends on what you’re downloading. games, programs not as much. Music, audiobooks and such are much more closely monitored. Porn is a big question mark - it depends on what kind of porn. Child porn is illegal even to HAVE even if you downloaded it by mistake - that one they do monitor VERY closely…

All those sites and all these kinds of files are well known to the hacker community too - so be prepared for LOTS of files that are bogus and are really viruses and/or malware… You better have REAL good anti-virus and anti-malware programs running all the time if you do any real downloading from these sites because your machine will get infected fast…

I am not looking for exact numbers here. I have a family member in jail that is awating to go to court. He is loosing it in there. He is looking for some answers and so am I. I have NO IDEA of how much jail time he is looking at. All we need is a ballpark figure. Please do not respond to this question with another question. Just help us out with some estimates. 5 years? 10 years?

It depends mostly on two factors; 1) Is he charged in State Court or Federal Court and 2) if he is charged in State Court, in what county are his charges pending.

Federal Court sentencing is very complex and depends on many factors, but because the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are used, you can fairly accurately what the guideline range will be.

State Court is more difficult to predict. Possession of more than 400 grams of cocaine is 1st degree felony with a range of punishment of 10-99 years or life. If it is possession with intent to distribute it is a "super" 1st degree with a range of punishment of 15-99 or life.

More important than the range of punishment is the County you are in. The more conservative counties will impose stricter sentences.

I always hear about teenage guys anywhere from 17-19 going to jail for having consensual sex with a slightly younger girl anywhere from 15-16…sometimes even 17 too. I never hear about the girls reaction and how they take it tho since they dont really get into trouble…but how do the young ladies feel when a guy is thrown in jail over them?

Last year there was a special where a guy in his 20s took a 14 year old girl across state line to marry her in state where the legal age of marriage was 14. When he came back he was arrested. Even though her mother had given her consent and she was pregnant the judge did not relent. He went to jail but when he came back she stayed with him. She was still in love with him. I don’t think older guys should date teenage girls but I feel that in a situation where the parent give her consent the judge should not send the guy to jail. When you think of real rapist going free all the time and a guy who with his mother in law’s consent decide to live a monogamous relationship with the loves is put to jail, you know that something is wrong with the American justice system. It is not the first real case that i heard where a young man was sent to jail even though he had the mother’s consent.
My advice to all 18 year old who want to have sex with a girl under the age of consent is: DON"T TAKE THAT CHANCE.

Assume I don’t physically harm anyone or destroy any merchandise. Also, would the use of a 50cc scooter make? If I didn’t go to jail, what would be the other ramifications?

When caught, and you will be caught; charges like, Reckless Endangerment, Trespassing, Vehicular Assault (if you so much a brush against a person). Wal Mart will also ban you from any of its stores for life and you will be liable in a civil court for any damage, real or imagined, by the store, any employee, and any customer that can prove damage. That would include someone having a heart attack, injured, because they fell getting out of your way, broken or otherwise damaged merchandise caused by people running from you.

You also run the risk of some "hero" stopping you by using one of Wal Mart’s baseball bats on you as you drive by the sporting goods.

If you were to rob a fast food joint (Mcdonald’s or Wendy’s) without a weapon, how much jail time would you get? How about if you were to use a weapon? CANADA

At least 5 years.

If a person tries to commit suicide and fails, how long would they go to jail for?

They don’t go to jail. They involuntarily go to a mental hospital where they may have to stay until a judge allows their release.

My boyfriend was charged with entering auto in Georgia about 2 months ago, and was bailed out. It was originally 3 counts, but the number may have grown since. His court date is set for Feb. 3rd. He hired a lawyer who told him that at most he would have 2 years in jail with 5 to 10 years probation since it was a first offense and he is only 18. They will most likely try to cut a deal, but what kinda of jail time would he be looking at for these kind of offenses under his circumstances?

A Year in jail…

My husband is in jail for a crime that he did not commit. The state attorney’s office is not responding to the victim in the case and is trying to give him prison time. If the victim in the case is issued a witness subpoena to testify in court about the case, and the victim lets them know that he did not commit the crime, will they release him if he has already been in jail for 41 days?

Im most US jurisdictions, a person must be Arraigned within 48-72 hours after arrest. They must appear before a judge, be made aware of the charges against them and enter a plea.
Once arraigned they can be held until their trial date or until they make bail, if bail is set by the judge.