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Life imprisonment is the most severe criminal sentence available to the courts in Australia.Most cases attracting the sentence are murder.It is also imposed, albeit rarely, for sexual assault, manufacturing and trafficking commercial quantities of illicit drugs, and offences against the justice system and government security.
The most severe punishment by law which can be imposed in Australia is life imprisonment. In the most extreme cases of murder, and some severe sex offences, such as aggravated rape, courts in the states and territories can impose life imprisonment without parole, thus ordering the convicted person to spend the rest of their life in prison.
Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Queensland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Sentence reduced to life imprisonment on 15 March 2008. Michael Czugaj: Oxley, Queensland: Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005: 15 December 2024: Sentenced to life imprisonment on 14 February 2006. [17] Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006. [18] Sentence increased to life on 6 September 2006. Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen: Wellington Point ...
Cooke had been convicted on one count of murder, but evidence and his confessions suggested he had committed many more. The last sentence of death in Western Australia was passed in 1984, [33] [34] but the female killer (Brenda Hodge) [35] in question had her sentence commuted to imprisonment for life, as was customary by this stage.
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by a jurisdiction of Australia, sorted by jurisdiction of sentencing/detention. For prisoners of Australian nationality sentenced to life imprisonment, see Category:Australian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Under NSW law, the maximum penalty for murder is life imprisonment, [11] with a standard non-parole period of 20 years, [12] or 25 years for the murder of a child under the age of 18. [12] In order to be found guilty of murder under the New South Wales Crimes Act 1900 , intent to cause grievous bodily harm or reckless indifference to human life ...