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  2. Life imprisonment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Under the federal criminal code, however, with respect to offenses committed after December 1, 1987, parole has been abolished for all sentences handed down by the federal system, including life sentences. A life sentence from a federal court will therefore result in imprisonment for the life of the defendant unless a pardon or reprieve is ...

  3. Certificate of life - Wikipedia

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    A 1939 Certificate of Life from the British Embassy in Paris. The fee has been paid through the application of revenue stamps.. A Certificate of Life (also called a Certificate of Existence, Letter of Existence, Life Certificate, Proof of Life) is a certificate produced by a trusted entity to confirm that an individual was alive at the time of its creation.

  4. List of people sentenced to more than one life imprisonment

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    Name Sentence start Sentence term Country Description Terry Nichols: 1995 162 consecutive life sentences plus 93 years without parole United States Convicted of 161 counts of first degree murder, first degree arson, and conspiracy by the state court of Oklahoma for his part in the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19, 1995; also sentenced in federal court for terrorism and eight counts of ...

  5. Michigan's top court to consider whether to further limit no ...

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    The Michigan Supreme Court said it will hear arguments in cases that could lead to a ban on automatic life prison sentences for people who were 19 or 20 years old when they were involved in a ...

  6. Life imprisonment - Wikipedia

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    The life sentence Graham received meant he had a life sentence without the possibility of parole, "because Florida abolished their parole system in 2003". [29] Graham's case was presented to the Supreme Court of the United States, with the question of whether juveniles should receive life without the possibility of parole in non-homicide cases.

  7. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Between 20 years and life imprisonment (parole eligibility for life sentence if crime committed before January 1, 1995: 15 years or 20 years if sentenced to more than 1 life sentence, 25 years if the victim was under the age of 8) (Prisoners are eligible for geriatric parole when they turn 60) Aggravated Murder

  8. Hamas hostage video offered 'painful' proof of life, parents ...

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    Now Rachel Goldberg-Polin, 54, and Jon Polin, 53, have the relief and distress of seeing him in a new video released by the militant group — proof of life they waited 201 days to see.

  9. Confession (law) - Wikipedia

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    In the law of criminal evidence, a confession is a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person. Some secondary authorities, such as Black's Law Dictionary, define a confession in more narrow terms, e.g. as "a statement admitting or acknowledging all facts necessary for conviction of a crime", which would be distinct from a mere admission of certain facts that, if true ...