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Federal judges are appointed for life. The term for a judge in a state court will vary from state to state and court to court. For example, in my state the circuit court judges are appointed for 10 year terms, district court & family court judges get 6 year terms. We also have per diem judges (basically, substitute judges who get called in for a day or two now and then) in the district & family court who get appointed for two terms.
Therefore, if the defendant was sentenced to 120 months (10 years), he would roughly serve 100 months (8.5 years) The one thing about Federal law is that it is very straightforward and to the point. There may be varying circumstance that get you to the sentencing number, but once you are there, it does not falter.