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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.
Allan Baker and Kevin Crump are a notorious Australian duo of rapists and double murderers who were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1974. Baker is serving his sentence at Clarence Correctional Centre whereas Crump died incarcerated at Wellington Correctional Centre in 2023.
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 ...
Australian prisoners sentenced to multiple life sentences (31 P) Pages in category "Australian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
Name Sentence start Sentence term Country Description Terry Nichols: 1995 162 consecutive life sentences plus 93 years without parole United States Convicted of 161 counts of first degree murder, first degree arson, and conspiracy by the state court of Oklahoma for his part in the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19, 1995; also sentenced in federal court for terrorism and eight counts of ...
Life imprisonment is not used in all countries; Portugal was the first country to abolish life imprisonment, in 1884, [3] and all other Portuguese-speaking countries also have maximum imprisonment lengths, as well as all Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas except for Cuba, Peru, Argentina, Chile and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Other ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of Australian people who have been convicted of serious crimes. Bank robbers Australians convicted of bank robbery ...
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.