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  2. List of longest prison sentences - Wikipedia

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    Convicted of 17 counts of aggravated robbery, 8 counts of robbery, and 1 count of weapons violation. He was given 17 64 year sentences and 8 24 year sentences totalling 1,256 years. Given another 10-year sentence. [58] Sentenced to 6 years in 2003 for the bank robbery before. Juan Antonio Olarra Guridi 2007 1,243 years Spain

  3. Longest English sentence - Wikipedia

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    Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann, a finalist for the 2019 Booker Prize, runs more than a thousand pages, mostly consisting of a single sentence that is 426,100 words long [8] This Book Is the Longest Sentence Ever Written and Then Published (2020), by humor writer Dave Cowen, consists of one sentence that runs for 111,111 words, and is a ...

  4. List of longest prison sentences served - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of longest prison sentences served by a single person, worldwide, without a period of freedom followed by a second conviction. These cases rarely coincide with the longest prison sentences given, because some countries have laws that do not allow sentences without parole or for convicts to remain in prison beyond a given number of years (regardless of their original conviction).

  5. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Over time, though, state and federal authorities have gradually migrated their philosophies back toward long-term sentences. Many states use a mixture of the two; e.g., some offenders may receive sentences reduced by several months due to rehabilitation, counseling, and other programs, as well as good time. [citation needed]

  6. 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)

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

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    Sentenced to 21 life sentences on 10 counts of lewdness with a child under the age of 14, 11 counts of sexual assault with a minor under 14, and one count of attempted sexual assault with a minor under 14. 19 charges were tied directly to what was seen in the tape, and three charges pertained to the assault of the 6-year-old girl, who wasn't ...

  8. Long prison sentences don’t keep Washington safe ... - AOL

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    For example, persons released early after serving long sentences committed as juveniles have a minuscule recidivism rate of 2.1%. Notably, regarding the effect of imprisonment on recidivism, ...

  9. Life imprisonment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It examined the constitutional basis of the punishment: life imprisonment without parole. [10] Had Schick been given an ordinary life sentence, he would have been eligible for parole in 1969. [citation needed] Although Schick's sentence was given only cursory mention, the court concluded a whole life sentence was constitutional. [11]