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

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    Mandatory sentence Third Degree Murder Maximum of 40 years in prison (parole eligibility cannot exceed more than half the maximum sentence) Second Degree Murder if the defendant was under 15 Life (eligible for parole after no less than 20 years) Second Degree Murder if the defendant was 15-17 Life (eligible for parole after no less than 30 years)

  3. 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]

  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. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The only possible sentence for first degree murder is life in prison without parole as Massachusetts does not have the death penalty. Second-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence in prison, but with the possibility of parole after 15 years, which is the standard minimum non-parole period in the state for second-degree murder and most ...

  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. Mandatory sentencing - Wikipedia

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    In Ireland, Acts of the Oireachtas specify a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for murder and treason, and mandatory minimum sentences for various lesser offences. [28] A mandatory minimum sentence may be truly mandatory or may be presumptive, giving a judge discretion to impose a lesser sentence in exceptional circumstances. [28]