2007-06-06 13:11:35 · 8 answers · asked by leonard h 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
a sentence of a term until death
2007-06-06 13:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by michael 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(All of the above answers are correct, to a certain degree.)
The original intent of a "life" sentence was "a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives", but in today's bleeding-heart legal system that hasn't been what really happens.
Because there have been instances where someone was sentenced to "life" but was paroled and released from prison after a number of years (because of "good behavior", length of appeals, health of the convicted person, etc.), the "life" (until death) sentence now includes the phrase "...with no possibility of parole".
2007-06-06 13:26:59 · answer #2 · answered by Guy P. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no correct and single answer to this one. In some states a life sentence can be as little as 15 years and in others its till death. Good behavior, automatic appeals etc can negate the till death sentence but this is one of the hard time sentences.
2007-06-06 13:25:47 · answer #3 · answered by Traveler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the country in which you are sentenced.
In the United States, for example, life CAN mean 20 years.
2007-06-06 13:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This varies per state, in Colorado life is life or 40 years
2007-06-06 13:20:18 · answer #5 · answered by S T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider the rest of your life in jail.
2007-06-06 13:35:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
twenty years in most states, and it depends on the crime it could be natrual life, which means until they die.
2007-06-06 13:17:20 · answer #7 · answered by Darren H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you go to jail for life
2007-06-06 13:14:26 · answer #8 · answered by Momo70707 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋