I know life means life but do they add the 45 years in the event you live past your death?
2006-06-11 07:14:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
oxstu123 is on the right track. Unless specified, nearly every sentence carries a possibility of parole. In Nevada, a life sentence with possibility of parole, means you could get out when you are about 80 years old. If you get a double sentence then you will either not get parole or if you do, you will be so old you go straight to a nursing home. A sentence of 45 years generally holds possibility of parole about halfway through, add a life sentence to carry on after that and you won't be getting out until you're 90-100, or dead. In Nebraska, if you are sentenced to 10 years, you may get your first parole hearing as soon as 3 years. Ah the amazing ways that our court systems work. This is usually based by state. Here is a simplified site that you might find interesting:
http://www.lawforkids.org/speakup/view_question.cfm?id=385&page=4
2006-06-11 07:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by thewildeman2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-02 15:28:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is related to early release policies. Generally convicts come up for parole about one quarter to halfway through their scentence. In general prisoners who get life have to serve 7 years before they are up for parole. The minimum time spent in prison for someone who recieves a scentence of 45 years plus life will generally be between 19 and 30 years.
2006-06-11 08:49:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each state in the US has it sentence laws, and actually life in some places allow for parole after a certain number of yeeras
(20 somethimes) so by having either life plus so many years, or as you stated, it basicly means life with no parole
2006-06-11 08:44:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English law:
In English law a life sentence does not actually mean life.
A life sentence is usually 35 years (excluding mitigating factors) if a judge rules "Life + years" this is because he has given the maximum sentence the law states, however he feels because of mitigating factors the defendant should serve longer. this means the defendant should serve around 80 years.
I know i said "he" here too much, i was just going for the grammatically correct choice =P
2006-06-11 07:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by oxstu123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean Life plus 45 years? That would mean you will be gead when you are released.
45 years plus life is a new one on me!
2006-06-11 07:28:20 · answer #6 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in most states life means untill your dead, but sometimes they add time on too a life sentence because the crime was worse than a regular life crime sentence. but no matter what they will not be getting out ever...well untill they come out in a coffin
2006-06-11 07:22:04 · answer #7 · answered by ssforever6 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In today's day & age people are living well passed their sell by date.
Advances of medicines & all that!
Although I don't see someone living that long incarcerated!
2006-06-11 07:19:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means make a new friend cause that one is not coming back. What did this person do? Not very nice huh?
2006-06-12 00:54:42 · answer #9 · answered by Star of Florida 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it simply is the legal way to keep this person incarcerated forever.
2006-06-11 07:40:27 · answer #10 · answered by carmen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋