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Name Sentence start Sentence term Country Description Terry Nichols: 1995 161 consecutive life sentences plus 9,300 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 ...
In France, life imprisonment is a punishment of indeterminate length and may last for the remainder of the convict's life. The sentence is the most severe punishment given under French law and it can be imposed by the courts for aggravated murder, treason, terrorism, drug kingpin and other serious felonies resulting in death or involving torture. [1]
Boatwright sentenced by judge Michael A. Usan to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 30 years in prison; Newsome and Williams sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole [2] Court membership; Judge sitting: Michael A. Usan: Case opinions; Decision by: Jury verdict
On October 24, 2007, Florida's 4th District Court of Appeal upheld that sentence. [16] On February 19, 2008, Tate pled no contest to the robbery and was sentenced to 10 years in state prison. The sentence will run concurrently with his 30-year sentence for violating his probation. [17]
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.
Swedish law states that the longest punishment, other than life imprisonment, is a fixed prison term of 18 years. However, a prisoner convicted to life imprisonment may appeal a partially served life sentence to the District Court of Örebro for "fixing" the sentence. Upon success, the sentence is commuted to a fixed sentence of any number of ...
Perhaps the most notable example is Myra Hindley, sentenced to life in prison in 1966 for her role in the Moors Murders. Her trial judge recommended that she should serve a minimum of 25 years before being considered for parole. However, this was later increased to 30 years and in 1990 to "whole life" by David Waddington.
Marianne Bachmeier (3 June 1950 – 17 September 1996) was a West German woman who shot and killed Klaus Grabowski, a man on trial for the rape and murder of her daughter Anna (14 November 1972 – 5 May 1980), in an act of vigilantism in the District Court of Lübeck in 1981.