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Life imprisonment is the most severe criminal sentence available to the courts in Australia.Most cases attracting the sentence are murder.It is also imposed, albeit rarely, for sexual assault, manufacturing and trafficking commercial quantities of illicit drugs, and offences against the justice system and government security.
Life imprisonment is not used in all countries; Portugal was the first country to abolish life imprisonment, in 1884, [3] and all other Portuguese-speaking countries also have maximum imprisonment lengths, as well as all Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas except for Cuba, Peru, Argentina, Chile and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Other ...
A similar drop in crime was noted in Australia, where the marked increase in the prison population was termed a "very blunt instrument of crime control but it is an important instrument, nonetheless." [15] The paper further states that achieving a 10 percent reduction in the 2006 burglary rate an increase imprisonment of 34 percent would be ...
Australian prisoners sentenced to multiple life sentences (31 P) Pages in category "Australian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
[30] [28] A mandatory sentence for a second offence of drug trafficking was struck out in 2021 for similar reasons; the conviction was upheld but the sentence referred back to the Circuit Court for reconsideration. [31] In the United Kingdom, upon conviction for murder, the court must sentence the defendant to life imprisonment. The law ...
Sentenced to life imprisonment on 15 February 2006. [17] Sentence reduced to 20 years on 27 April 2006. [18] Sentence increased to the death penalty on 6 September 2006. Sentence reduced to life imprisonment in March 2008. [19] Scott Rush: Chelmer, Queensland: Drug trafficking (heroin) 17 April 2005: 15 December 2024
Atkins believed his sentence would last for the rest of his life but that he would have a shot at being granted parole — an early release from prison where he could live in the free world while ...
"Preventive detention" is an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment, similar to life imprisonment and second only to it in terms of seriousness. It may be given to offenders aged 18 or over who are convicted of a qualifying sexual or violent offence, and the court is satisfied that the person is likely to commit another qualifying sexual or ...