Judge Michael Pastor may have imposed the maximum possible sentence on Conrad Murray this morning—four years behind bars—but as jubilant a reaction as Michael Jackson's family initially had to the punishment, well, cooler, more critical heads seem to have prevailed.
"It wasn't enough time," Jermaine Jackson told E! News on his way out of the courthouse.
Hardly a surprisingly response given that just moments after the hearing ended, Los Angeles Sheriff spokesman Steve Whitmore told E! News that when all is said and done, Murray, as expected, will not serve the four-year sentence doled out to him, but will instead wind up serving "a little less than two years" of that sentence.
The district attorney, however, isn't so sure.
"It wasn't enough time," Jermaine Jackson told E! News on his way out of the courthouse.
Hardly a surprisingly response given that just moments after the hearing ended, Los Angeles Sheriff spokesman Steve Whitmore told E! News that when all is said and done, Murray, as expected, will not serve the four-year sentence doled out to him, but will instead wind up serving "a little less than two years" of that sentence.
The district attorney, however, isn't so sure.
Let's do the math.
"As far as the Sheriff is concerned, after the state takes away two years and he gets credit for time served, he will do a little less than two years," Whitmore said.
In court this morning, Pastor credited Murray with 46 days already served, thanks to the 23 he spent locked up between his verdict and sentencing dates, as well as credit given for good behavior.
However, in a press conference given after the hearing, District Attorney Steve Cooley said Murray's time in lockup remained a question mark.
"This is one of the great mysteries of life: What amount of time is someone going to actually do when they're sentenced to do so by a judge?"
"As far as the Sheriff is concerned, after the state takes away two years and he gets credit for time served, he will do a little less than two years," Whitmore said.
In court this morning, Pastor credited Murray with 46 days already served, thanks to the 23 he spent locked up between his verdict and sentencing dates, as well as credit given for good behavior.
However, in a press conference given after the hearing, District Attorney Steve Cooley said Murray's time in lockup remained a question mark.
"This is one of the great mysteries of life: What amount of time is someone going to actually do when they're sentenced to do so by a judge?"
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