life sentence
noun
: the punishment of being sent to prison for the rest of one's life
He received a life sentence for his crimes.
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On October 24, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced plans to recommend the Menendez brothers' life sentences without the possibility of parole be replaced with a 50-years-to-life sentence for murder.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Ryan, however, will remain in prison on a life sentence for a 2019 murder, but his 10-year prison sentence in the RICO case has been commuted to time served.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
We were drawn together by our mutual concern and compassion for those men and women across America who fell victim to a deeply flawed criminal justice system and were falsely convicted and sentenced to a life sentence or to death.
—CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Lyle and Erik Menendez, who in 1996 were convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, have been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murder.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 25 Oct. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Ryan, however, will remain in prison on a life sentence for a 2019 murder, but his 10-year prison sentence in the RICO case has been commuted to time served.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
We were drawn together by our mutual concern and compassion for those men and women across America who fell victim to a deeply flawed criminal justice system and were falsely convicted and sentenced to a life sentence or to death.
—CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Lyle and Erik Menendez, who in 1996 were convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, have been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murder.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Life sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20sentence. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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