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I find the central concept of 25th Hour bizarre.
Skrevet af PipedUpMoviesSTAFFMOD d. 21 februar 2019 kl. 9:37 AM
Can somebody with more knowledge help me out? How realistic is it that a convicted criminal is allowed to drive himself to prison in his own sweet time? This is undoubtedly a great movie but I find the central concept hard to understand. When someone gets imprisoned, isn't that person taken to prison by the police or prison authorities, and kept under supervision to avoid felons absconding? The impression you get in 25th Hour is that the Edward Norton character was told: "Kind sir, I hope this is not too much trouble for you, but do you mind turning up for the beginning of your seven-year prison sentence on Monday at 8 o'clock. You can do whatever you please in the the meantime and, wink, wink, you have every opportunity to run off." What is the idea based on and how realistic is it? Since the whole story is based on this concept, I suppose it has some basis in truth but I find it very hard to believe and suspect that most convicted criminals facing a lengthy prison sentence would try to escape instead of turn up outside the prison gates on time.
Svar af Howard Zeng
d. 10 august 2023 kl. 12:41 PM
Your comment is very old, so you probably won't see this. But what you are describing is not uncommon in the USA -- especially in a larger city like NYC. Norton's character is a nonviolent offender and went to his trial dates after bail was posted. NYC doesn't have the resources or desire to hold people like him in detention indefinitely waiting for him to be transferred to prison. If he absconded, a felony warrant will be out for his arrest. So it's on him to surrender on a set date.
The people being held without bail and bond are generally the worst of the worst, violent offenders or offenders that a judge has deemed as a high flight risk.
I read an article the other day about a guy in a city on the east coast, pretty close to NY. He was walking the streets on $800,000 worth of bonds in the middle of a lengthy murder trial. And he just got arrested again as a suspect in another homicide that took place recently.
Keep in mind that the trial process can stretch on and on, taking years to complete in some cases due to factors like continuances and complexity.
Since this film was made, NYC has gotten even softer on petty / nonviolent offenders. Once again it's a resource issue and also a result of recent events that changed approaches to policing and punishment.
I am not a lawyer, and there is much more nuance to the weighing of factors as described above. It is a resource issue and issue of relative gravity of offenses in the US society. Look up how many people are incarcerated in this country and read more about the justice system and prison if you're curious.
Svar af PipedUpMovies
d. 12 august 2023 kl. 2:18 PM
Wow. Thank you for the interesting and detailed replies, guys. I had not only forgot about writing this post but had forgotten about this website altogether.
I had started using this website when IMDB shut down the discussion boards, because I really missed them, but gradually learnt to live without discussing the films I watch. Maybe I will get into doing this again.
Thanks again!