STUDY: LIFE SENTENCES RISING

Evansville Courier & Press;  May 13, 2004 ;     314 words ......prisoners serving life sentences has increased 83...in the past 10 years as tough-on-crime...criminals given life sentences increased from an average of 21 years to 29 years between...serve at least 51 years before release...laws requiring life sentences ...

Study says life sentences increasing: Study cites tougher stance on...

Charleston Daily Mail;  May 12, 2004 ;     618 words ......prisoners serving life sentences has increased 83...in the past 10 years as tough-on-crime...criminals given life sentences increased from an average of 21 years to 29 years between...serve at least 51 years before release...Pennsylvania, all life ...

'3 strikes' laws blamed for big rise in number of life sentences

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 12, 2004 ;     671 words ......prisoners serving life sentences has increased 83...in the past 10 years as tough-on-crime...criminals given life sentences increased from an average of 21 years to 29 years between...serve at least 51 years before release...Pennsylvania, all life ...

MEXICO: LIFE SENTENCES PROPOSED FOR POLICE WHO KIDNAP.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 8, 2008 ;     531 words ......Felipe Calderon proposed life sentences for police involved in...penalties for severe crimes. Life sentences would be applied to people...abductions could also get life sentences. The maximum sentence for...crimes in Mexico is now 50 years in prison. PAKISTAN ...

NT: NT govt under fire over mandatory life sentences

AAP General News (Australia);  July 2, 2001 ;     505 words ......under fire over mandatory life sentences By Rod McGuirk DARWIN...February 7, 1986 - three years into a life sentence for...board after serving 20 years. The board could then make...outside Alice Springs, was 21 years old when he killed an elderly...parole after serving 13 ...

Australian court overturns life sentences for man who murdered three...

AP Worldstream;  March 3, 2004 ;     207 words ......Wednesday overturned the life sentences of a man who murdered his...Merritt had received three life sentences after pleading guilty in...11 weeks, 11 months and 6 years. The children, who each...Wednesday, and reduced the three life sentences to 34 years in prison. ...

Weizman commutes nine life sentences

Jerusalem Post;  February 23, 1995 ;     371 words ......the sentences of nine people serving life sentences for murder. Five of the sentences were commuted to 30 years and the remainder to 27. They will...praised Weizman for commuting the life sentences, but expressed disappointment that...

S. Africa's serial child-killer gets 10 life sentences

Xinhua News Agency;  August 23, 2006 ;     244 words ...S. Africa's serial child-killer gets 10 life sentences JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- A South African...convicted of seven murders and three rapes received 10 life sentences in the Johannesburg High Court on Wednesday. Sipho...a significant danger to society". Moshidi imposed life ...

SOLDIERS' LIFE SENTENCES CUT TO 25 YEARS; Cyprus court still takes tough...

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  November 30, 1998 ;     336 words ......today had their appeal against life sentences for the killing of Danish...will now serve a maximum 25 years as opposed to the life term...But although they had the life sentence reduced, the Supreme...but at least we got their life sentences overturned, said defence ...

GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER; Labour's get tough policy on crime exposed as a...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ......criminals given life sentences in Scotland are...serving less than ten years behind bars. Some...were released from life sentences after less than...after only six years in jail, while...It emerged two years ago that nearly...convicted killers whose life ...

SOLDIERS' LIFE SENTENCES CUT TO 25 YEARS Cyprus court still takes tough...

Evening Mail;  November 30, 1998 ;     337 words ......today had their appeal against life sentences for the killing of Danish...will now serve a maximum 25 years as opposed to the life term...But although they had the life sentence reduced, the Supreme...but at least we got their life sentences overturned," said defence...were ...

NSW: Opposition bill would impose life sentences on cop killers

AAP General News (Australia);  May 10, 2006 ;     289 words ......Australia) 05-10-2006 NSW: Opposition bill would impose life sentences on cop killers SYDNEY, May 10 AAP - The NSW opposition...Debnam urged the government to support his mandatory life sentences bill but admitted he had not spoken personally to...He was granted parole last week after serving five ...

S. Africa reports eight-fold increase in life sentences over past eight...

Xinhua News Agency;  November 6, 2007 ;     206 words ......reports eight-fold increase in life sentences over past eight years JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 6 (Xinhua...imprisonment over the past eight years,indicating that crimes turn...more than 782 percent in eight years," said the document tabled to...

'Merciless' Cyprus soldiers have life sentences cut to 25 years.

The Birmingham Post (England);  December 1, 1998 ;     426 words ......had their life sentences reduced by...maximum of 25 years behind bars...against their life sentences upheld. But...sentence of 20 years but at least we got their life sentences overturned...likely serve 15 years of the 25...

Tories demand life sentences to combat drugs menace

Scotland on Sunday;  March 28, 1999 ;     476 words ......should be given mandatory life sentences, the leader of the Scottish...dealers should be jailed for six years and have their assets confiscated...offence and given mandatory life sentences for any subsequent offence...for the first time in seven years the crime rate has risen...