His federal sentence will be served jointly with state prison time.

This power is most commonly used to delay federal sentences of execution.

The overwhelming majority of these federal sentences (97.1%) were for drug trafficking.

He was sentenced to 20 years, to be served concurrently with the federal sentence.

He completed his federal sentence in 2006, and began serving time on the manslaughter charge.

While the sentence is perfectly legal, it appears to be out of line with new guidelines for Federal sentences.

These "downward departures" now account for about 35 percent of all federal sentences.

African Americans are given longer federal sentences, even when factoring prior criminal records.

Quite to the contrary, she learned, unlike the state variety, federal sentences are served in full, with no possibility of parole.

The few who did not heed the warnings have been arrested and are now facing long federal sentences.