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Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Florida courts. Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Florida" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total.
Florida passed HB 1371, the Prisoner Release Reoffender Act, in May 1997. [2] This so-called "two-strikes" law dictates that individuals convicted of certain categories of crime who reoffend within three years is subject to life in prison without parole, even if this is only a second offense, gaining the distinction of, "one of the strictest sentencing laws in the US."
This means that criminals given a determinate life sentence will typically die in prison, without ever being released. If a life without parole sentence is imposed, executive branch government officials (usually the state governor) may have the power to grant a pardon, or to commute a sentence to time served, effectively ending the sentence early.
Under that timetable, Stephens would be freed from prison in July 2025 — a full 140 years earlier than his original release date of July 4, 2166, prescribed under the sentence meted out by ...
Knight’s lawyers sought to reduce his sentence in 2017, citing a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that held that mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles convicted of non-homicide ...
In exchange for her plea, she received a 12-year prison sentence, with credit for the five and a half years she spent in jail while awaiting trial. ... Florida's 'clown' killer, Sheila Warren ...