Knowledge (XXG)

Dead time (imprisonment)

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In the United States, federal law provides that a defendant shall be given credit toward the service of a term of imprisonment for any time they have spent in official detention prior to the date the sentence commences either as a result of the offense for which the sentence was imposed or as a
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result of any other charge for which the defendant was arrested after the commission of the offense for which the sentence was imposed; that has not been credited against another sentence.
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while the defendant is being restored to competency to stand trial, or
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time pending sentencing can also sometimes be dead time.
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that does not count as credit toward the defendant's
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