The [blog post](https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/a-day-in-the-penalty-box/) says account suspensions will be from **2 to 7 days**. "...if the problem behaviors continue beyond the timed suspension, your account is very likely to be permanently deleted."

[This user](https://stackoverflow.com/users/104015) is suspended until Oct. 25 (as I write this, that is **28 days** away). If the offense was so egregious as to warrant a month long suspension, why isn't the account just deleted?

**EDIT**

An even more extreme example is [this user](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/5640), suspended until Feb. 4, 2011 (as I write this, that is **364 days** away).