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

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    Offense Mandatory Sentencing Second Degree Murder Any term of years or life imprisonment without parole (There is no federal parole, U.S. sentencing guidelines offense level 38: 235–293 months with a clean record, 360 months–life with serious past offenses)

  3. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This period is often between 1 and 3 years (on the short end) and 5–50 years on the upper end. The legislature generally sets a short, mandatory minimum sentence that an offender must spend in prison (e.g. one-third of the minimum sentence, or one-third of the high end of a sentence).

  4. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    The Guidelines are the product of the United States Sentencing Commission, which was created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. [3] The Guidelines' primary goal was to alleviate sentencing disparities that research had indicated were prevalent in the existing sentencing system, and the guidelines reform was specifically intended to provide for determinate sentencing.

  5. Capital Punishment, 2010 - Statistical Tables

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    intentional murder of a pregnant woman when it was known by the defendant that the victim was pregnant (Tenn. Code Ann § 39-13-204(i)(16)), effective July 1, 2010. Utah—Revised the minimum sentence required in capital felony cases in which the jury does not reach a unanimous decision to impose a death sentence. The minimum sentence

  6. Classes of offenses under United States federal law - Wikipedia

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    Maximum prison term [1] Maximum fine [2] [note 1] Probation term [3] [note 2] Maximum supervised release term [4] [note 3] Maximum prison term upon supervised release revocation [5] Special assessment [6] [note 4] Felony A Life imprisonment (or death in certain cases of murder, treason, espionage or mass trafficking of drugs) $250,000: 1-5 ...

  7. New Hampshire man sentenced to minimum 56 years on murder ...

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    That sentence will be added on to the minimum 32 1/2-year sentence Adam Montgomery, 34, began last year on unrelated gun charges, effectively amounting to a life sentence following his actions in ...

  8. Why some states are reforming minimum sentencing ... - AOL

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    Levi's life lately is a far cry from where she was just a few years ago, behind bars in federal prison, after being charged with selling heroin. "I knew that I had to change," Levi said.

  9. Murder in United States law - Wikipedia

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    The minimum sentence for aggravated murder is life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years. A sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole is imposed if at least 10 members of the jury vote in favor of it. [118] The death penalty may be sentenced upon a unanimous vote from the jury. [119]