He tells them that the dealers will largely plead guilty for fixed sentences.

But the fixed sentences for given crimes are typically far less than the maximums possible under the parole system.

It also requires inmates to serve at least 85 percent of the fixed sentence they receive.

A "deterrent crime" is a crime with a fixed sentence.

"This may be true," Sholudenko said, "but there is no fixed sentence for it."

To compare the minimum period with a fixed sentence, it has to be doubled.

That measure would require inmates to serve at least 85 percent of the fixed sentence they receive.

Instead of fixed sentences, he would give judges the discretion to impose on those convicted such alternatives as drug treatment.

Under the Pataki plan, the offender might instead get a fixed sentence of seven years.

Instead of fixed sentences, prisoners who did well could be released early.