Of course there's a few: the Beltway Snipers got consecutive life sentences, 13 iirc?
But the VAST majority of sentences are "concurrent". So 5 counts of child grape at 8 years each is not 40 years, it's only 8. That includes multiple murder convictions too, most of the time.
A woman (22) in my city stabbed (10+ times, iirc) her stepfather (who had raised her since her teens) to death for not giving her money to buy drugs. She interfered with paramedics: spitting on him and yelling "I hope you die". She got: 6 years. With time served awaiting trial she walked out of the courtroom "on probation". THAT is much more common than the Holmes conviction.
Of course there's a few: the Beltway Snipers got consecutive life sentences, 13 iirc?
But the VAST majority of sentences are "concurrent". So 5 counts of child grape at 8 years each is not 40 years, it's only 8. That includes multiple murder convictions too, most of the time.
A woman (22) in my city stabbed (10+ times, iirc) her stepfather (who had raised her since her teens) to death for not giving her money to buy drugs. She interfered with paramedics: spitting on him and yelling "I hope you die". She got: 6 years. With time served awaiting trial she walked out of the courtroom "on probation". THAT is much more common than the Holmes conviction.