Glascoe v. U.S.

• Position: Habeas corpus relief - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

GOOD TIME CREDIT

Glascoe v. U.S., 358 F.3d 967 (D.C.Cir. 2004). Prisoners who were serving indeterminate sentences of at least 15 years to life petitioned for habeas relief seeking the deduction of good time credits from their maximum sentences of life imprisonment. The district court denied the petition and the prisoners appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that life sentences were indeterminate and were therefore not capable of reduction in accordance with...