life sentence
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The jury acquitted him of more serious charges that carried a possible life sentence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Since his 2019 conviction in a Brooklyn federal court, El Chapo has been serving a life sentence plus 30 years in a Supermax prison high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Alongside his life sentence, Field was given a concurrent 16-year jail term for admitting fraud and burglary offences.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Ortiz, who could face a life sentence, remains in detention and entered her plea on Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court through her attorney.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
What the upstate union rep had told me years earlier about an officer’s career amounting to “a life sentence in eight-hour shifts” seemed to be encapsulated in that big red-bound ledger.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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