But Manafort probably will spend less than 6½ years behind bars if he behaves. If Trump pardons Manafort from his federal convictions and sentences, the New York case could still proceed. Another way to shave time off a sentence is to enter the Residential Drug Abuse Program in a federal prison. Less than 3 percent of the 180,438 inmates currently in the federal system are 65 or older, prison statistics show. The First Step Act may provide another option for sentence reduction for Manafort that does not exist yet.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2019 19:16 UTC