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 Life imprisonment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Life imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment.
In the United Kingdom, a life sentence is a prison term of indeterminate length.
The effect of such a sentence varies between jurisdictions; many nations have a maximum possible period of time a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the possibility of parole after a set amount of time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment   (1241 words)

  
 Crime and Criminal Justice Research Findings No. 29: 1999
Thus, of the 41 discretionary life sentence prisoners; 35 were in custody having never been released; 2 were in custody having been released on life licence and then recalled; and 4 were in the community on life licence.
The study focuses on life sentence prisoners' parole 'careers' in terms of consideration by the Parole Board, release on life licence and recall to custody, their offending careers and the nature of the offences for which they received a life sentence.
The main objectives of this research study were to identify the length of time life sentence prisoners spend in custody under Scottish criminal justice arrangements and to explore the length and nature of their offending careers.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/resfinds/cj29-00.htm   (2419 words)

  
 Telegraph Opinion Leave the life sentence system alone
The length of sentence would be at the discretion of the court.
The fact is that the mandatory life sentence carries a whole range of jail terms within it that can be used to reflect the circumstances of the crime and the obvious fact that murders vary greatly.
At least with the life sentence, release is usually under licence, which means the offender can always be recalled to prison.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/08/09/do0904.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/08/09/ixportal.html   (999 words)

  
 TITLE 6: CHAPTER 10 - ARTICLE 3 - LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE
A sentence of life or life imprisonment which is not specifically designated as a sentence of life imprisonment without parole is subject to commutation by the governor.
(b) A person sentenced to life imprisonment without parole shall not be eligible for parole and shall remain imprisoned under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections during the remainder of his life unless pardoned by the governor.
(c) A sentence specifically designated as a sentence of life imprisonment without parole is not subject to commutation by the governor.
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/titles/title06/c10a03.htm   (156 words)

  
 Why Jonathan Pollard Got Life - Middle East Quarterly - June 1997
Secondly, Pollard was sentenced to life in prison despite the fact that he was never accused of delivering classified information to an enemy of the United States.
There may be no other case of a life sentence imposed for spying on behalf of a strategic ally.
Constitution of the United States, Article 3, Clause 1; 18 U.S.C. It was inappropriate -- but not prejudicial, and not in violation of the government's plea bargain pledge not to seek a life sentence.
http://www.meforum.org/article/355   (2109 words)

  
 LIFE SENTENCE AVAILABLE
The Court determined that this is not a mitigator, although it may be appropriate to consider as an alternate sentence in the proper case.
Trostle argued that the trial court failed to consider sentencing him to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, but the Court found no evidence to support that assertion.
All of these cases find that the availability of a life sentence is a sentencing option, not a mitigating circumstance.]
http://www.supreme.state.az.us/courtserv/crtproj/capsentguid/page34b.htm   (227 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Prison Service
The total number of life sentence prisoners released on life licence is 471.
Prior to this, special arrangements were put in place in 1983 for the release on licence of life sentence prisoners whereby the Secretary of State was formally advised on the release of such prisoners by the non-statutory Life Sentence Review Board.
Legislation setting out new arrangements for the review and release of life sentence prisoners in Northern Ireland was introduced on 8 October 2001.
http://www.niprisonservice.gov.uk/lifers.htm   (151 words)

  
 Families to Amend California's 3-Strikes: The Court Opinions: Calculating the Minimum Term of the Indeterminate Life ...
The court determined that it was appropriate to sentence the defendants under option one under section 667, subd.
Acosta (2002) 29 Cal.4th 105, the California Supreme Court addressed the question of how to identify the minimum term of the indeterminate life sentence for a third strike offender when the punishment otherwise provided for the current offense is a life sentence under a provision that prohibits parole release for at least 25 years.
The Court also ruled that it was proper to use a prior conviction for several purposes: as a strike, as a basis for referencing the One Strike Law in calculating the minimum term under the Three Strikes Law, and to impose a five-year enhancement under section 667, subdivision (a).
http://www.facts1.com/court/indet.htm   (258 words)

  
 Citrus: Jury recommends life sentence
Myers must be sentenced under the guidelines in effect when he was arrested.
Nor were Myers' attorneys happy with a verdict last week that all but guaranteed he will spend more time in prison that he would have if he had not gambled on a new trial.
Myers had won the new trial on grounds that he received poor legal advice seven years ago when he pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of second-degree murder and received a 75-year sentence, which was reduced significantly by gain time.
http://www.sptimes.com/News/110299/Citrus/Jury_recommends_life_.shtml   (818 words)

  
 Isn't One Life Sentence Enough? - Why the BTK killer got 10. By Daniel Engber
Third, the court could use back-to-back sentences to emphasize the crime's severity to the governor or the board of pardons.
In most jurisdictions besides Kansas, judges can dole out life sentences with or without the possibility of parole; a few states, as well as the federal system, assign only "natural life" sentences, i.e., life without the possibility of parole.
First, in a case with multiple victims, each family might find solace in knowing the criminal received a specific punishment for each crime.
http://www.slate.com/id/2124796?nav=navoa   (548 words)

  
 Life in Prison, or the Death Penalty? My Opinion of Capital Punishment
A 1988 study found that California spends $90 million annually on death penalty cases, and $78 million of that is incurred in court costs.
One prison guard is responsible for several prisoners, where one prisoner on death row typically employs several attorneys and legal staff for many years, all while still using your tax dollars in prison.
Reducing drug abuse (31%), improving economic conditions (17%), simplifying court rules (16%), longer prison sentences (15%), more Police officers (10%), and reducing guns (3%) were all more important focuses for Police Chiefs.
http://www.sunfyre.com/deathpenalty.html   (3219 words)

  
 CNN.com - Florida teen gets life sentence - March 9, 2001
Lazarus also rejected arguments that the sentence was cruel and unusual punishment, that neither Lionel nor his mother understood what was before them when they rejected a plea bargain and that a psychiatrist's remarks may have prejudiced the case against him.
Most of those who spoke on Lionel's behalf argued that the conviction and attendant life sentence were more than the crime warranted.
"That's why I'm asking the court to go ahead and render the justice, which is life imprisonment."
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/LAW/03/09/wrestling.sentence.04   (914 words)

  
 Sex offender given life sentence for videotaping young girls North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest ...
He then imposed a sentence of 25 years-to-life prison terms to be served at the same time.
Before imposing a sentence, Cope told both attorneys that the court has to not only consider the crime charged, but also the defendant and the defendant's background.
The defense attorney called the possibility of his client going to prison for life because of what he did an "overblown" sentence.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/12/30/news/californian/23_08_4712_29_04.txt   (865 words)

  
 CBS News Caged Kids: Life Sentence March 31, 2004 17:33:53
Geller has introduced a bill that would make first-time violent juvenile offenders serving life sentences eligible for parole after eight years.
But if the bill passes, it may affect only future cases, meaning Josh’s life sentence would remain.
After 25 years of marriage, the Cliftons are now divorced.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/30/48hours/main609338.shtml   (938 words)

  
 Terry Nichols to Get Life Sentence (phillyBurbs.com) National
Before Nichols is sentenced, he may make a public statement for the first time since he went on trial for the state murder charges.
The chief prosecutor, Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane, has said he expects Nichols to be returned to federal custody once he is sentenced and the deadline for filing an appeal expires.
Judge Steven Taylor must now decide whether Nichols faces life with or without the possibility of parole on the remaining charges.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/1-08092004-344982.html   (489 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Conn. / Error may reduce rapist's life sentence
His plea included a condition that he receive a life term and serve all his time in a federal prison, where he would be a "carjacker." In state prison, he would have been considered a sex offender.
According to the court filings, prosecutors added a prior robbery conviction and a drug conviction to the carjacking conviction to get the three "strikes." But authorities later determined that the drug conviction did not qualify as a "strike" under federal law.
The state sentences were to run concurrently with the federal term.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/04/27/error_may_reduce_rapists_life_sentence   (333 words)

  
 Boycott Brazil
Lambros was re-sentenced to thirty-eight (38) years, 30-year sentence with a 8-year term of supervised release, to be served upon release from imprisonment, thus a 38-year term.
See, STATE vs. PANG, 940 P.2d 1293, 1345 and 1352 (This Article limits the prison sentence time, conforming exactly with the present constitutional dictamen, as it was the case with the Constitutions [Brazil] of 1937 (Article 122, 13), 1946 (Article 41 Par.
Therefore, the Brazilian Supreme Court should of specified that Lambros must not be sentenced to prison for more than TEN (10) YEARS.
http://www.members.aol.com/BrazilBoycott   (13336 words)

  
 law.com - Spy Jonathan Pollard Fights Life Sentence
Reviving Pollard's case would mean that "you've opened the floodgates" for hundreds of other prisoners sentenced long ago, Judge David Sentelle, a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, told Pollard's lawyers during a 45-minute argument.
Pollard faults his original lawyer for not filing a notice of appeal in 1986 when the government, according to Pollard's lawyers, in effect sought a term of life imprisonment after promising it would not do so.
Two federal appeals court judges suggested Tuesday that convicted spy Jonathan Pollard is on weak legal ground in asking them to help shorten the life sentence he received for delivering classified documents to Israel.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1110881112744   (593 words)

  
 The Winchester Star-Teen Receives Life Sentence for Murder
In March, Van Emburgh obtained a plea-bargain to first-degree murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Stegskal testified that Van Emburgh was not legally insane at the time of the murder.
Before hearing the terms of his sentence, Van Emburgh made a brief statement to the court, apologizing to Candice Presgraves and to his family.
http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/030916/Area_sentence.asp   (676 words)

  
 TalkLeft: Life Sentence for Police-Spitting Not Required by Law
Many in blogtopia (yes, Skippy coined that phrase) are talking about the life sentence imposed on an Oklahoma man for spitting on a police officer.
White rejected a prosecution request for a 25-year prison term and a defense request for a four-year term.
Life Sentence for Police-Spitting Not Required by Law
http://www.talkleft.com/new_archives/003079.html   (1270 words)

  
 More economical than life sentence
One argument against the death penalty is that it costs less to imprison someone for life than to execute them (Death Penalty Discussion).
At the end of 1992 State and Federal prisons reached a record high of 883,593 prisoners.
The only reasonable sentence would a life sentence.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~tonya/spring/cap/pro5.htm   (775 words)

  
 WRAL.com - News - Justice Served? Man Serving Life Sentence For Stealing TV
Some in the legal community believe the case demonstrates a need to bring the past more in line with the present, when you consider that North Carolina's prison population is 30 percent over capacity, with no sign of letting up.
Man Serving Life Sentence For Stealing TV Parole For 1970 Crime Denied 25 Times
TILLERY, N.C. Does the punishment fit the crime?
http://www.wral.com/news/2662960/detail.html   (807 words)

  
 Foss Gets Genuine Life Sentence in Wahlen Murder
Though Chipman and Foss were tried separately, the evidence and impact statements from the Chipman’s proceedings were able to considered in the Foss’ sentencing because both were parties to the same crime.
A hate crime penalty enhancement statutorily would have mandated only five additional years.
Thus the lengthier sentence imposed on the bystander Chipman’s crime impacted the length of the sentence imposed on Foss, the actual perpetrator.
http://www.instepnews.com/foss.html   (1119 words)

  
 Israeli Spy Pollard Fights Life Sentence
WASHINGTON - Eighteen years into a life prison term, convicted spy Jonathan Pollard is struggling in the U.S. court system to overturn his sentence, reviving a case that has long strained relations between the United States and Israel.
A federal appeals court hears a plea Tuesday from Pollard's lawyers — and will consider the Justice Department's rebuttal that Pollard got what he deserved.
The two-decade-old case damaged U.S.-Israeli relations, and the Israeli government has continued to press the issue with the Bush administration.
http://www.atsnn.com/story/126801.html   (546 words)

  
 ARBITRARINESS: Serial Killer Receives Life Sentence While 3,500 Others Face Execution
The arbitrary and unpredictable application of capital punishment once led the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that the death penalty was unconstitutional in 1972.
Georgia, one of the concurring Justices described receiving the death penalty as random as being "struck by lightning"--the facts of the crime carried little weight in predicting who would receive capital punishment.
In a plea agreement reached with Washington state prosecutors, Gary Ridgway, a Seattle-area man who admitted to 48 murders since 1982, will serve a sentence of life in prison without parole.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=767&scid=64   (196 words)

  
 CNN.com - Malvo gets life sentence in sniper killing - Oct 27, 2004
Outside court, Malvo defense attorney Craig Cooley said the plea indicated Malvo's "acceptance of responsibility" in the shootings and that his client wanted to move forward and do something "positive" in his life.
Malvo, the court accepts your pleas of guilty to these charges, finding that your pleas were freely, voluntarily and intelligently made."
Although treated as a guilty plea for sentencing, an Alford plea cannot be held against him in a subsequent criminal prosecution or civil proceeding.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/26/malvo.plea   (771 words)

  
 Life Sentence Sought for Va. Pain Doctor (washingtonpost.com)
The contrasting views of Hurwitz set up what promises to be an explosive sentencing hearing in a case that already has generated a lot of heat.
Hurwitz's is one of the first major cases to come up for sentencing in federal court in Alexandria since that decision.
Adding to the uncertainty about Hurwitz's sentence, a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision made "advisory" federal guidelines that had been mandatory for judges.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18649-2005Mar8.html   (674 words)

  
 CD Baby: MACARONE: Life's Sentence.
"Life's Sentence." Is a heartfelt letter from Macarone.
Mac has released several underground CD's for D.O.P Inc. Records and has recently released his latest solo effort, Life's Sentence.
The head man for D.O.P Inc Records has decided to release another solo project "Life's Sentence".
http://www.cdbaby.com/macarone   (682 words)

  
 TheDenverChannel.com - News - Auman's Attorney Says Life Sentence Too Harsh
Assistant Attorney General Paul Koehler told the court the sentence was just.
The Colorado Supreme Court is reviewing an appeals court decision that upheld her felony murder conviction.
She shouldn't be serving life in prison for that crime.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/2767002/detail.html   (630 words)

  
 Court won’t change inmate’s life sentence (printable version)
Crutcher, who has filed several court motions, said he cannot receive a fair hearing.
The Supreme Court rejected his appeal Wednesday, saying “no statute or rule of court” would permit the court to change his sentence to death.
The state Supreme Court has denied a Clark County inmate’s request to be put to death.
http://www.rgj.com/news/printstory.php?id=86225   (333 words)

  
 Pollard Calls For Sentence Review
In a letter to White House counsel Charles Ruff, Pollard's attorney, Larry Dub referred to the 24-year prison sentence imposed on David Sheldon Boone, the former NSA cryptologic traffic analyst recently convicted of spying for the Soviet Union (in the 1980's).
U.S. President Bill Clinton said he is reviewing Pollard's life sentence.
"If the guidelines applied in the Boone case are any standard to go by, Pollard's life sentence violates all standards of equal treatment and proportional justice," Dub wrote.
http://www.jonathanpollard.org/1999/031699b.htm   (232 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Former priest convicted of rape, faces life sentence
Abuse victims nationwide and their attorneys hailed the conviction as a mark of justice for thousands who were shut out of the courts by legal technicalities and a culture that once refused to believe their horrific memories.
Shanley faces life in prison; sentencing will be Feb.15.
Former priest convicted of rape, faces life sentence
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-02-07-shanely-trial_x.htm   (481 words)

  
 CNN.com - Exchange between Reid, judge follows life sentence - Dec. 6, 2003
Prosecutors argued the documents would not affect sentencing, and there was no good reason for a delay.
Reid, a 29-year-old British citizen, was sentenced to life in prison on three counts: one of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against U.S. nationals outside the United States and two of interference with flight crew and attendants using a dangerous weapon.
Defense attorneys had asked for a postponement in sentencing on seven of the counts, insisting classified government documents used against Reid should first be released.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/30/shoebomber.sentencing/index.html   (658 words)

  
 Ravalli Republic Online
Allestad took the stand and told the court what he thought Davis should receive.
Davis was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Since Davis was recently sentenced in both Missoula and Madison counties, the judge, county attorney and Davis' attorney Mark McLaverty agreed they could use the current presentence investigation to sentence Davis in Ravalli County.
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2004/10/01/news/news02.txt   (875 words)

  
 CBC News: Appeal Court gives Latimer life sentence
Latimer has already been to the top court.
Latimer's lawyers have already begun the process of appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada.
CBC News: Appeal Court gives Latimer life sentence
http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/1998/11/23/appeal981123   (289 words)

  
 BBC NEWS England London Cannibal gets life for killings
In a statement released after the sentencing Mr Cherry's family called for the death penalty to be reinstated for such crimes.
Judge Forrester said the protection of the public was the most important factor and that life would mean life.
A convicted killer with "a desire to cannibalise his victims" has been jailed for the "rest of his natural life" after admitting killing two men.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4350393.stm   (475 words)

  
 WSBTV.com - News - Life Sentence of Clayton Woman Overturned
The Clayton County district attorney's office agreed not to contest the overturned conviction.
"It was a travesty of justice, pleading guilty to a life sentence when you're under the influence of medication," said Drew Findling, her attorney.
It makes no sense to accept a life sentence without a trial except to avoid the death penalty, he said.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/2662578/detail.html   (530 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com Olympic bomber got life sentence
So she won't be in one of the 300 seats reserved for victims when Rudolph is sentenced here today in federal court to life in prison without parole.
US Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph is due to be sentenced for an attack on the 1996 Atlanta Games which killed one person and injured 111 More details...
At the Alabama sentencing, Rudolph portrayed himself as a devout Christian motivated by his hatred of abortion and a federal government that lets it continue.
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/08/22/61527.html   (1707 words)

  
 [PRISONACT] SPITTING OUT A LIFE SENTENCE
If it did happen, the rest of the family would have to live with the life-LESS sentence imposed not out of any type of justice, but out of anger or hate, a wrongful kind of judgementalism.
Marquez also was convicted of assaulting a police officer, and a jury recommended the maximum sentence because he had previous convictions.
Marquez, arrested several months ago, could have received one year in prison and a $3,000 fine for wife beating, according to the Creek County court clerk's office.
http://www.prisonactivist.org/pipermail/prisonact-list/2003-July/007678.html   (840 words)

  
 VALLEJO / Life sentence for life-insurance killer
Shortly before the women died, Davis was named as a beneficiary in four of Jennifer Perry's life insurance policies totaling $900,000, court records show.
An Alameda man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his girlfriend and her daughter in a scheme to collect life insurance.
On Thursday, Solano County Superior Court Judge James Moelk handed down a life sentence.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/20/BAGQT9U4P71.DTL   (149 words)

  
 A Life Sentence for Immigrants
It appears now that Benitez may well have been one of the criminals.
He was given a twenty-year sentence, whereupon after his release from prison the Immigration and Naturalization Service concluded that Benitez had to go.
In 1983 he was convicted in Florida of second-degree theft and sentenced to probation.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jmarkels/politics/1-20-2004.html   (733 words)

  
 Hackers could soon face a life sentence Tech News on ZDNet
By a 385-3 vote, the House approved a computer crime bill that also expands police ability to conduct Internet or telephone eavesdropping without first obtaining a court order.
At the urging of the Justice Department, Smith's subcommittee voted in February to rewrite CSEA.
• Require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to revise sentencing guidelines for computer crimes.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-944067.html   (892 words)

  
 ABCNEWS.com : Poll: Most Back Life Sentence For Malvo
With adult killers, too, support for capital punishment can be higher in specific cases.
When the death penalty is mentioned alone, 68 percent of Republicans say they would support it for Malvo, compared with 55 percent of independents and 48 percent of Democrats.
Specifically in Malvo's case, with no alternative, 46 percent of women support the death penalty, compared with 67 percent of men.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/WorldNewsTonight/malvo_death_penalty_poll_031219.html   (555 words)

  
 Life Sentence Review Commissioners...: 14 Jul 2005: Written Ministerial Statements (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Life Sentence Review Commissioners...: 14 Jul 2005: Written Ministerial Statements (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Life Sentence Review Commissioners and Sentence Review Commissioners
I have today arranged for the annual reports of the Life Sentence Review Commissioners and the Sentence Review Commissioners to be laid in the House.
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2005-07-14.38WS.2   (99 words)

  
 Life Sentence Radio.com Home Page
Q) What does the Life Sentence Crew think about the recent discovery of the first case of Mad Cow Disease in the United States?
Beginning in October of 1998, Life Sentence has existed in some form for over seven years now.
This marks the first official declaration we have received that tacked the word "f*nny" on before the common epithet of "c*nts".
http://www.lifesentenceradio.com   (843 words)

  
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 Comparative Sentences
The median sentence for this offence is 2 to 4 years.
Jonathan Pollard is the only person in the history of the United States to receive a life sentence for spying for an American ally.
The maximum sentence today for such an offence is 10 years.
http://www.jonathanpollard.org/sentences.htm   (279 words)

  
 Life Sentence
Copyright © 2004 by The Atlantic Monthly Group.
The Atlantic Monthly; March 2004; Life Sentence; Volume 293, No. 2; 108
It's not why they do but, rather, how they respond once the deed is done that interests Tyler.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200403/schwarz   (369 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Local News
Death penalty overturned on appeal, sentenced to life
County Superior Court juries have sentenced five people to death, but their sentences are in stages of appeal.
In the past 21 years, King County Prosecuting Attorney Norm Maleng has sought the death penalty in 20 aggravated-murder cases.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/deathrow16.html   (62 words)

  
 State: After life sentence, a new trial
The appeals court decision Wednesday will provide an opportunity for plea-bargaining in the case, Batey said.
Tate, his mother and attorney turned it down, only to be devastated later when he received a life sentence, the only sentence the trial judge could have imposed based on his murder conviction.
He was 14 when sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/11/State/After_life_sentence__.shtml   (979 words)

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