The jury found that Mr. Mehserle was eligible for additional prison time because he had used a gun in the crime.
When Ms. Druyun pleaded guilty in April, she was eligible for a prison term of up to six months under sentencing guidelines.
Several lawyers also noted that if the jury convicts Ms. Stewart of securities fraud, making her eligible for a prison sentence of up to 10 years, the judge could still decide to drop the charge even after the verdict.
With more than 1,800 prisoners eligible for immediate release, prisons have been checking records to ensure that none have complicating factors like concurrent sentences or pending charges, he said.
At the time, the Corrections Department had an $8.7-billion 8.7-billion oversaw 33 prisons, supervised felons on parole, juveniles in state detention and managed parole hearings for lifers eligibudgetr release from prison.
Mr. Ebbers will be 85 years old before he is eligible for release from prison.
Real disagreements remain, not least over Mr. Pataki's unduly narrow definition of the pool of defendants eligible for diversion from prison, the scope of retroactivity and his clunky system for allowing judicial overrides when district attorneys deny certain defendants the drug treatment option.
All are being tried by the state of New York and not the U.S. government, however, which means that they won't be eligible for any federal prison camp.
Foreigners are not eligible for a minimum-security prison, but Lord Black is hoping at least for the gentler conditions of the next grade up—a low-security institution.But help for British white-collar crooks caught in America's legal net may be on the way.
