10-20-life

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Proper Noun
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    Florida Statute 775.087 US

    "For example, when I asked the lobbyist for the Florida Sheriffs Association about the FSA's rationale for supporting 10-20-life, he responded that offenders were "getting too much gain-time and ... it just wasn't right.""

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"For example, when I asked the lobbyist for the Florida Sheriffs Association about the FSA's rationale for supporting 10-20-life, he responded that offenders were "getting too much gain-time and ... it just wasn't right.""

Etymology

From the facts that, under this statute, (during the commission of certain felonies): * Producing a firearm carries a mandatory 10-year prison sentence; * Firing a firearm carries a mandatory 20-year prison sentence; * Hitting someone with a firearm carries a mandatory 25-year to life prison sentence.

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