Article: "To More Inmates, Life Term Means Dying Behind Bars / With Tougher Laws and Political Pressure, Growing Number Will Never Get Out.".(Brief Article)

* "To More Inmates, Life Term Means Dying Behind Bars / With Tougher Laws and Political Pressure, Growing Number Will Never Get Out." The New York Times headline-writers seem to think that's a bad thing. The jump headline says that these new, for-real life terms mean that the "Sentence Is Death in All but Name." It's a death sentence, that is, except that the prisoner doesn't get executed. (If the actual execution of a prisoner is no worse than a life sentence, perhaps someone should inform the Times's editorial board.) The reporter, Adam Liptak, says that experts say that the practice "raises a host of questions." ...

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