Reducción de penas durante emergencias bélicas

Explicación Simple

Si hay una guerra y el gobernador lo dice, algunas personas en prisión pueden tener su pena reducida si se enlistan en el ejército. Pero no todos pueden hacerlo, especialmente los que cometieron crímenes graves.

Es como cuando en un juego de fútbol, el entrenador decide que algunos jugadores pueden salir del campo si el equipo necesita ayuda urgente, pero no puede sacar a los que han cometido faltas muy graves.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está en prisión por un crimen menor. Cuando el gobernador declara una emergencia por guerra, Juan puede pedir que su pena se reduzca si se une al ejército. Sin embargo, si Juan hubiera cometido un crimen grave como asesinato, no podría beneficiarse de esta reducción.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9.95.055 - Reduction of sentences during war emergency The indeterminate sentence review board is hereby granted authority, in the event of a declaration by the governor that a war emergency exists, including a general mobilization, and for the duration thereof only, to reduce downward the minimum term, as set by the board, of any inmate under the jurisdiction of the board confined in a state correctional facility, who will be accepted by and inducted into the armed services: PROVIDED, That a reduction downward shall not be made under this section for those inmates who: (1) Are confined for (a) treason; (b) murder in the first degree; or (c) rape of a child in the first degree where the victim is under ten years of age or an equivalent offense under prior law; (2) are being considered for civil commitment as a sexually violent predator under chapter 71.09 RCW; or (3) were sentenced under *RCW 9.94A.712 for a crime committed on or after September 1, 2001. RCW 9.95.060 - When sentence begins to run When a convicted person seeks appellate review of his or her conviction and is at liberty on bond pending the determination of the proceeding by the supreme court or the court of appeals, credit on his or her sentence will begin from the date such convicted person is returned to custody. The date of return to custody shall be certified to the department of corrections, the indeterminate sentence review board, and the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such convicted person was convicted and sentenced, by the sheriff of such county. If such convicted person does not seek review of the conviction, but is at liberty for a period of time subsequent to the signing of the judgment and sentence, or becomes a fugitive, credit on his sentence will begin from the