Historically, many countries allowed the wealthy to buy their freedom.
There are certain places in the world today where bribery and corruption are rife and such an arrangement could be made.
You could serve 0 if your sentence is commuted or you are pardoned (and you accept) or you could serve to the max of 15 years. Commit further crimes while in prison and you could serve even longer. Most will probably serve less than the full 15 due to time off for good behavior or parole.
1. The person committed 3 murders or kidnappings.2. In most States, a life sentence can be paroled to, say 15 or 20 years. So to keep the person in jail, 3 life sentences might be 60 years.3. Or, of course, if the crime was particularly nasty, the judge could order a life sentence with no possibility of parole. In that case, 3 life sentences wouldn't be useful - the person is going to be in jail forever, anyway.
15 YEARS
Campbell Playhouse - 1952 Life Sentence 2-15 was released on: USA: 16 October 1953
15 to life
A life sentence is usually about 25 years.This may differ with each state. Many life sentences have to go in front of a parole board that board then decides if the life sentencee can be released. Life sentence without parole can be your entire life.
a life sentence is 20 years from what ive heard but i also heard 25. with good behavior a 20 year sentence can possibly be 15 and a 25 could be 20 or even less for both it all depends.
In QLD the Life Sentence is only 15 years, 25 in NSW. But not everyone serves their full term. People should not write answers in here unless they are correct - it was written that life in QLD is 25........
In Massachusetts, a life sentence typically means a minimum of 15 years served before becoming eligible for parole. However, parole is not guaranteed and release is ultimately determined by the parole board.
In Maryland, a life sentence is equal to 30 years. A person who has been sentenced to life is usually eligible for parole at 15 years in Maryland.
Depends. They can vary from 15 to 25 years. Or an indeterminate term of 15-25-50 years to life, or life with the possibility of parole.
From either a fine up to a milliion, 10 to 15 years in prison or life sentence.