According to the linked articles, in November 2018 Jack Dillon Young was sentenced to 55 years in prison, with the finding that the truck was a deadly weapon, meaning he has to serve at least half his sentence before being considered for parole.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local ... 378723.php
https://www.ksat.com/news/2018/11/09/ja ... bus-crash/
However, when I pull up his info at the TDCJ Offender Information search, it shows he has 12 sentences of 20 years each for Intoxication Manslaughter, one sentence of 10 years for Intoxication Manslaughter, and one sentence of five years for Intoxication Assault. A "Maximum Sentence Date" of 2073-05-06 is listed, which is 55 years from May of 2018, which is when he flunked a test of THC while he was out on bond. So looks like his bond was revoked and he got credit for time in jail awaiting trial. His parole eligibility date was 2020-07-04 (this past summer), parole was denied on 05-12-2020 with a new parole hearing set for May of 2021.
The verbiage on that page seems to indicate his sentences are consecutive, which would add up to 255 years. I suppose that somehow when you drop all those sentences into the Texas statutes for sentencing and parole and crank the handle, maybe 55 years pops out and a realistic chance at parole comes only halfway through, but ... I dunno.
