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  • No. he does not have that authority. The reduction can only come from a judge. The Sheriff may suggest this to a judge, but the judge is the only one to reduce a sentence. Jury trials are a different story. A lot depends on the charges, felony or misdemeanor.
  • In many jurisdictions the answer is YES if you are serving your sentence in county jail. Note: This does not reduce your sentence, but it does result in you serving less time. In fact, this is common in Los Angeles County. If you are sentenced to serve time in an L.A. jail, you will likely only serve 50% of the time. This is because the Sheriff (who is the one who administers the jail system) has a policy of releasing inmates after they serve 50% of their time in order to control over crowding. This is a typical separation of powers issue. The Sheriff’s office handles an executive function, and the courts handle a judicial function. It is similar to a situation where Congress (the legislative branch) passes a law that makes something illegal, but the President (the executive branch) allocates resources in a manner that causes that law not to be enforced.

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