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  2. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Criminal sentencing in the United States. Rate of U.S. imprisonment per 100,000 population of adult males by race and ethnicity in 2006. Jails and prisons. On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black non-Hispanic men were in prison or jail, compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men of any race, and 0.7% of white non-Hispanic men.

  3. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mandatory Sentencing. Second Degree Manslaughter. Maximum of 10 years in prison (5 years for clean record) First Degree Manslaughter. Maximum of 15 years in prison (7-10 years for clean records) Third Degree Murder. Maximum of 25 years in prison (12.5 years for clean record) Second Degree Murder.

  4. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    The Sentencing Reform Act allows a departure below the applicable statutory mandatory minimum in such cases. [15] There is no penalty for refusal to assist authorities. The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and U.S. Sentencing Guidelines require that the prosecution file a motion allowing the reduction. The court is not required to grant the ...

  5. List of longest prison sentences - Wikipedia

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    Sentenced to 32 years in prison followed by 150 to life. [50] Richard Allen Minsky: 2001 146 years to life United States: Used car salesman charged with over 80 counts including rape, assault, battery, extortion, grand theft, larceny, lewd and lascivious behavior, oral copulation, sexual assault, sexual battery, sodomy, and prison escape.

  6. Rape laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    7, 9 or 11 years. Sex with a child under 10, and the defendant is 18 or older. Cal. Penal Code 287 (a) (b) 15 years to life, 25 years to life, or life without the possibility of parole (depends on the aggravating factors) Rape of a spouse. Cal. Penal Code §262, Cal. Penal Code §264 (a) 3, 6 or 8 years.

  7. Life imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    e. 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 extremely serious and usually violent. Examples of these crimes are murder, torture ...

  8. Classes of offenses under United States federal law - Wikipedia

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    Maximum prison term [1] Maximum fine [2] [note 1] Probation term [3] [note 2] Maximum supervised release term [4] [note 3] Maximum prison term upon supervised release revocation [5] Special assessment [6] [note 4] Felony A Life imprisonment (or death in certain cases of murder, treason, espionage or mass trafficking of drugs) $250,000: 1-5 ...

  9. Criminal sentencing in Canada - Wikipedia

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    If the total sentence is less than two years, the defendant will serve their sentence in a provincial jail. [33] A sentencing judge also has the power to delay the time before a defendant is allowed to apply for parole. The maximum parole ineligibility period is half of the sentence or ten years, whichever comes first, unless the defendant is ...