life imprisonment

noun

(in Britain) an indeterminate sentence always given for murder and as a maximum sentence in several other crimes. There is no remission, although the Home Secretary may order the prisoner's release on licence

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Cyclists who kill pedestrians by acting dangerously on the road could face life imprisonment under a proposed change to the law.

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A mother who drowned her two young sons in the bath in what the judge described as "the stuff of nightmares" has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Concluding the proceedings, Justice Stephen Fowler said: "You have been found guilty of murder and there is only one sentence I can impose and that is one life imprisonment."

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Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment, the presidency has said.

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A Russian national has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Finnish court for committing war crimes in eastern Ukraine in 2014.

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