What is the point of a concurrent sentence?
The idea is that concurrent sentences are used so that a person can be convicted of a crime but not have to spend the entire sentence in jail. This is used when judges believe that the severity of the crime does not necessarily warrant consecutive sentences. Judges are given this kind of lenience because everyone understands that the literal reading of the law does not always reflect what is most just or most appropriate. Many places also give reduced sentences or time off from jail as a way of decreasing the prison population when jails suffer from overcrowding.
