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35 years is the maximum possible sentence according to the law assuming he were found guilty on all counts and given the maximum sentence for each.

For comparison, Bland was facing a maximum sentence of 120 years. (Six charges of up to twenty years each.)

http://dukechronicle.com/node/107961

Spy magazine once did an article, where the reporter documented himself committing dozens of innocuous looking acts in public, all designed to accrue ridiculous amounts of jail time.

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