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    Unhappy How To Get a Reduction Of Sentence

    My boyfriend has served 12 years on a 40 year Agg. RObbery conviction. What can we do get a reduction of sentence? I had one lawyer tell me it was too late to file a writ or Habeas Corpus or a sentence reduction.

    He is in TX and I am in WA. Does anyone have any advice?

    Thank you so much!

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    Default Re: How To Get a Reduction Of Sentence

    Pretty much everybody in prison wants a shorter sentence. You have to have both a valid basis for a reduction, and a mechanism to get that petition before a court. You have not provided us with any factual or legal basis for a reduction, and have apparently had lawyers tell you that he has no mechanism to get any such request before a court.

    He can always look into executive clemency, although I doubt that the odds are great.

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    Default explaining sentencing

    i was looking at my friends case files and was wondering if someone could help me understand it. in the sentence summary it says prob status: no probation. and non local time 15-L. can somebody try and explain it to me. he has already been in prison for about 11 years.

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