Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced on March 28, 2024 to 25 years in federal prison, not to life imprisonment. (theguardian.com) Under federal rules he is expected to serve a bit over 21 years before release eligibility, and the Bureau of Prisons currently projects a release date of December 14, 2044—about 21 years after sentencing. (coindesk.com) Born in March 1992, he would be in his early 50s at that time, leaving a substantial portion of normal life expectancy remaining. (en.wikipedia.org) While he is appealing his conviction and sentence, those efforts seek to overturn or shorten the sentence, and there is no indication of any move toward a harsher, life-equivalent term. (apnews.com) Given these facts, the prediction that he would receive a life sentence or a sentence functionally equivalent to life has not come true.