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Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which the convicted criminal is to remain in prison for the rest of their natural life (or until pardoned, paroled, or commuted to a fixed term). Crimes that result in life imprisonment are considered extremely serious and usually violent.
Life imprisonment is a possibility for aggravated mayhem and torture in California. Life imprisonment is mandatory for kidnapping in Nebraska. [38] Other specifics about life sentences in the United States continue to vary widely by individual states.
David Rojas, 55, was arrested in July 2022 and charged with capital murder and two counts of sexual indecency with a child. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole Nov. 7, 2024 for ...
8,600 people nationwide are serving parole-eligible life or virtual life sentences for crimes committed as minors. The unyielding expansion of life imprisonment in recent decades transpired because of changes in law, policy and practice that lengthened sentences and limited parole.
Three White men who chased and murdered 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in south Georgia were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with two having no chance of parole.
Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison Friday for the murders of his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son Paul Murdaugh. The disgraced South Carolina attorney repeatedly said he was innocent...
During fiscal years 2016 through 2021, there were 709 federal offenders sentenced to life imprisonment, which accounted for 0.2 percent of the total federal offender population. Almost half (48.7%) of offenders sentenced to life imprisonment were convicted of murder.