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Why was chris given more jail time


Even though Chris was close to getting out on parole but what exactly did he do that landed him in prison and getting six more years which caused him to commit suicide despite James best effort to save him.

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Chris was sentenced to 2 years for stealing a car. He got 6 more years for being in the fight in the shower. James or no one else told anyone that Chris was not at fault. No one would snitch and tell who started the fight and had the knife. Therefore, everyone in the fight was considered equally guilty.

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Not sure I believe an otherwise model prisoner would get 6 more years for getting stabbed in a fight. They even said he had no history of violent behavior and he clearly came out of the fight in the worst shape.

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Crimes committed while in prison are not taken lightly
and all parties are charged, unless proof (proof is only by what a correctional officer, staff or video tape shows ) ( prisoner statements don't count ) can determine to make it not so

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Ving's character said to James that a prisoner was released in part by the way he pleads his case. He said he'd seen innocent men thrown under the jail while hardened criminals released because they convinced the court they had changed.
The poor young man simply had no fight left him and was broken.

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