Why Federal Prison Sentences Are Brutal | State vs. Federal Explained

Añadido: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]And you And you And you better know it.

[00:00:02]Because now it's either you got two options. You stay the course and you don't say anything, you don't give anything up, but you know you're going to prison for a long time.

[00:00:13]Or you cooperate and try to get as much time off as possible.

[00:00:18]I would say the vast majority of them cooperate. Because they're looking for that acceptance of responsibility and their reduction in sentence. Because in state prison, you might get 5 years, you might do two and you're out. Federal prison, the most you can get off your sentence is 57 days a year. That's it.

[00:00:39]So if you get 10 years, you're doing eight and a half.