Sentences served concurrently are served at the same time. If someone was found guilty of 3 different crimes, and was sentenced to 1, 3 and 5 years in prison for them, and they were to be served concurrently, they’d be in prison for a total of 5 years.
Cumulative (or consecutive, depending on where you’re from) sentences are served one after another, so in the above example, they’d be in prison for a total of 9 years.
It’s also possible for (for example) the 1 and 3 year sentences to be served cumulatively, and the 5 year to be served concurrently (in which case the total would be 8 years).
It’s also possible for (for example) the 1 and 3 year sentences to be served cumulatively, and the 5 year to be served concurrently (in which case the total would be 8 years).
Wouldn’t that still be 9 years? 1 and 3 are cumulative, giving a 4 year sentence, and the 5 years is concurrent with that. 4 & 5 concurrent makes 5.
To get 8, wouldn’t you want the 3 and 5 served consecutively with the 1 year being concurrent?
With regards to prison sentences?
Sentences served concurrently are served at the same time. If someone was found guilty of 3 different crimes, and was sentenced to 1, 3 and 5 years in prison for them, and they were to be served concurrently, they’d be in prison for a total of 5 years.
Cumulative (or consecutive, depending on where you’re from) sentences are served one after another, so in the above example, they’d be in prison for a total of 9 years.
It’s also possible for (for example) the 1 and 3 year sentences to be served cumulatively, and the 5 year to be served concurrently (in which case the total would be 8 years).
Wouldn’t that still be 9 years? 1 and 3 are cumulative, giving a 4 year sentence, and the 5 years is concurrent with that. 4 & 5 concurrent makes 5.
To get 8, wouldn’t you want the 3 and 5 served consecutively with the 1 year being concurrent?
Yep, you’re right. Confused myself with all the cumulative vs consecutive vs concurrent jabber.
Not in regards to prison sentences, just in general
It is the same thing but with less prison time.