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life sentence

noun

  1. a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of their life in prison.



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Rose died last year at 83, thus completing his life sentence.

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He faces a potential life sentence and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 25.

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She was sentenced to the electric chair but it was later commuted to a life sentence.

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If convicted as charged, the four men could each face a 10-year mandatory minimum prison sentence and a maximum life sentence, according to the DEA.

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The Category A men's prison houses more than 600 inmates, including men convicted of terrorism offences and more than two-thirds are serving life sentences while the rest have jail terms of 10 years or more.

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