Who'd have thunk that leap day would be a problem in the court system, and that inmates aren't leaping for joy.
Because in the eyes of the law, there are 12 months in a year sentence, so those getting a year sentence do have to serve an extra day, says an article in the Pioneer Press.
Twin Cities lawyer Marshall Tanick says in the story: "The courts view leap year as an irritant in calculating time periods because it causes confusion. Generally, the law ignores or disregards leap years because the day doesn't exist."
"For people involved in the legal system, Leap Days tend to be unluckier than Friday the 13th," Tanick said.
He said a counterfeiter tried to claim his 10-year sentence was too long because the leap days were added in, and a woman thought the leap days should be counted toward her marriage's length when calculating Social Security benefits.
The courts didn't bite in either case, he said.