Hello......you answered your own question......life is as long as someone is alive.
Not necessarily, Life without chance of parole is a life sentence, but a regular life sentence you get out before you die
A life sentence is for life.
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Just like marriage ... 'til death.
There are many ways a judge can impose a sentence. One example is "I sentence you to ten years in prison."
The mean prison sentence for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter was nearly 20 years and 8 months; the median was 24 years and 3 months.
There is a difference between Life in Prison, and Life in Prison without the Possibility of Parole. Life without Parole is just that, until the end of the person's natural life. Regular Life in Prison is 40 years, and then the person becomes eligible for Parole, which does not guarantee that they will be released, only that they will regularly be reviewed by the Parole Board.
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"Life for the duration of natural life" in the context of a prison sentence means that the convicted individual will remain in prison for the rest of their life until they die naturally. It implies that there is no possibility of parole or early release. This sentence is typically reserved for the most serious crimes.
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From what I understand, it is because each crime a person commits carries with it a certain sentence, so if someone kills or say for instance rapes many persons, he/she will be sentenced accordingly. Iwhen you die in prison and still have years do the prison hold body for so many years added
If it is Kidnapping in the first degree in violation of P.L. 135.25, the sentencing possibilities are an indeterminite sentence with the minimum time in jail being a sentence of between 15 and 25 years, and the maximum expiration being life in prison. Meaning you can get somewhere between "15-life" and "25-life." If it is Kidnapping in the second degree in violation of P.L. 135.20, and you have no prior felony convictions, it will be a determinite sentence of between 5 and 25 years.
When a person is incarcerated for a number of years easily exceeding their life expectancy (for example, sentenced to 500 years in prison), this typically meant that the person was convicted of many crimes, but none of those crimes were extreme enough to warrant life in prison or the death penalty, thus compounding the amount of years he/she must spend in prison. While being incarcerated for say, 500 years is effectively life in prison, the sentence is just part of legal proceedings.