Do you know anyone who has been to prison before?

Question

In the mid 90s, one of my friends nearly went to prison

Answer 1

Yes

Answer 2

Yes. I know of 8 people who went to prison, and one of them will never get out.

Answer 3

Wow! What crimes did he commit?

Answer 4

He murdered someone, and since he's been incarcerated, he's murdered another individual.

Answer 5

How long have he been behind bars?

Answer 6

About 16 years now. He was 18 at the time of the first offense.

Answer 7

Is he still alive?

Answer 8

Yeah, he's alive.

Answer 9

Before what?

Answer 10

Sorry, the question was supposed to be 'Do you know anyone who have been behind bars'.

Answer 11

No, I don't.  The question would have been fine had you not added the word "before" at the end.  In your sentence, the use of "been" is the past tense, so "before" is not necessary. 

Answer 12

Thanks for the information. I haven't bothered about tenses for about 50 years or so. Nice memory of what I learnt in school back in the 1960s

Answer 13

No I didn´t know anyone who did that. 

Answer 14

Me too. But I had a friend who nearly went to prison for smoking in a gas station.

Answer 15

Quite a few.

Answer 16

A couple.  I visited one of them in prison during one of his early stints.  He's out now, but I haven't spoken to him in years.