• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I know the US is different than Canada, but up here a life sentence is 25y and then you can get parole.

    You might not get it then, but you can. There is no “without parole” legit life sentence.

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      Different US states have different sentencing guidelines, but generally speaking, you can be sentenced to “life with the possibility of parole after n years” (where n is determined by the judge at sentencing), or “life without the possibility of parole.”

      Charles Manson, for example, was sentenced in California, and came up for parole about a zillion times. Was never granted parole, of course, but his parole hearings were a bit of a spectacle for a while.

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        2 months ago

        Charles Manson, you are hereby sentenced to life with parole

        Sentencing form

        [ ] person is actually eligible for parole

        [X] were just fucking with them, never grant parole.