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  2. Back-to-back life sentences - Wikipedia

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    In judicial practice, back-to-back life sentences, also called consecutive life sentences, [1] [2] are two or more consecutive life sentences given to a convicted ...

  3. Sentence (law) - Wikipedia

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    Sentences for multiple crimes may be a concurrent sentence, where sentences of imprisonment are all served together at the same time, or a consecutive sentence, in which the period of imprisonment is the sum of all sentences served one after the other. [2] Additional sentences include intermediate, which allows an inmate to be free for about 8 ...

  4. Life imprisonment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For example, a sentence of "15 years to life" or "25 years to life" is called an "indeterminate life sentence", while a sentence of "life without the possibility of parole" or "life without parole" (LWOP) is called a "determinate life sentence". [2]

  5. Life imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    Abdul Nasir was a convicted robber and kidnapper who was, in two separate High Court trials, sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment and 18 strokes of the cane for robbery with hurt resulting in a female Japanese tourist's death at Oriental Hotel in 1994 and a consecutive sentence of life imprisonment with 12 strokes of the cane for kidnapping two ...

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

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    Up to 1 year in county jail as a misdemeanor. 2, 4, or 6 years in state prison as a felony. Vehicular Manslaughter for Financial Gain 4, 6, or 10 years in state prison Involuntary Manslaughter 2, 3, or 4 years (a strike under California Three Strikes Law if a firearm was used) Voluntary Manslaughter 3, 6, or 11 years Second Degree Murder

  7. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This period is often between 1 and 3 years (on the short end) and 5–50 years on the upper end. The legislature generally sets a short, mandatory minimum sentence that an offender must spend in prison (e.g. one-third of the minimum sentence, or one-third of the high end of a sentence).

  8. List of people sentenced to more than one life imprisonment

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    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 ...

  9. List of longest prison sentences - Wikipedia

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    Sexually assaulted three teenage girls over two years. Convicted of 40 counts of sexual assault and 3 counts of sexual performance of a child. Given 40 sentences of 100 years (40 life terms) for sexual assault and 3 sentences of 20 years for child molestation. This is equivalent to 40 life terms plus 60 years. [24]