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This is a list of longest prison sentences served by a single person, worldwide, without a period of freedom followed by a second conviction. These cases rarely coincide with the longest prison sentences given, because some countries have laws that do not allow sentences without parole or for convicts to remain in prison beyond a given number of years (regardless of their original conviction).
Britain's longest serving prisoner, who spent 55 years in prison until his death. Straffen was convicted of murdering two pre-teen girls in July 1951. The following year, he escaped for a four-hour period and was convicted of murdering another girl during this short spell at large, although he long proclaimed his innocence.
Massey in 2022. John Massey (born 1948) is an English former prisoner who was the longest-serving prisoner in the United Kingdom, having been imprisoned for nearly 43 years by the time he was paroled.
The Parole Board has refused the latest bid for freedom by Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners. The independent body announced its decision on Thursday, nearly one month ...
It is the longest, non-life, officially confirmed sentence ever handed in the European Union. Jamal Zougam: 42,922 years Emilio Suárez Trashorras 34,715 years Charles Scott Robinson: 1994 30,000 years United States: Longest jail term to a single American on multiple counts. Also the longest sentence ever handed in the United States.
Robert John Maudsley (born 26 June 1953) [1] is an English man convicted of multiple murders. Maudsley killed four people, with one of the killings taking place in a psychiatric hospital and two in prison after receiving a life sentence for a murder. [2]
The Tokyo High Court initially scrapped the request for a retrial for unknown reasons, but in 2023 agreed to grant Hakamata a second chance on an order from Japan’s Supreme Court.
[139] [140] At the time of Straffen's death, he was 77 years old and had been incarcerated for 55 years, 3 months, and 26 days and was the longest-serving prisoner in British criminal history. [ 141 ] [ n 12 ]