<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Matthew Grieco: <p>Some U.S. jurisdictions have seen a "life means life" movement -- a conservative push for a life sentence to mean the term of one's natural life.<p>In many jurisdictions, there are two kinds of "life" sentences: "25 years to life" (probably similar to the Irish sentence, I guess) and "life without the possibility of parole."<p>About a quarter of those serving life sentences in the United States have no possibility of parole. The average federal prisoner who receives a traditional life sentence (with the possibility of parole) serves about 29 years in prison.<hr></blockquote><p>Well, it's similar here in the sense that the Home Secretary can, at their discretion, hold a prisoner serving a life sentence indefinitely. Myra Hindley in the UK is a good example.<p>J...
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