Article: Rapist to appeal for lesser sentence.(News)

Article: Only the victims get life sentences.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England);  February 18, 2008 ;     394 words ......sure as night follows day, a number of life sentences get dished out. The life sentence given to his wife, who must now grow...husband and best friend by her side. The life sentences given to his daughters, who will feel...their dad is no longer there. That is a life ...

Article: When a 'life sentence' means just 15 months in jail
The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 26, 2006 ;     301 words ......they have been sentenced to life imprisonment, the Government...freed only 15 months after a life sentence was imposed. Another was jailed...they are sentenced to a nominal life sentence it should not be possible for...experts blamed the very short life sentences on the "two ...

Article: Consider American life-sentence model.(News)
The Star (South Africa);  August 19, 2008 ;     308 words ......Repentant rapist gets three life sentences - stated that as the accused rapist was sentenced to three life terms and a further 15 years in...concurrently, so regardless of how many life sentences or additional terms are handed...convict will only serve one of the life ...

Article: A life sentence should mean life without parole.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa);  March 18, 2008 ;     67 words ...Precisely how many years comprise a life sentence ? A killer and rapist has been sentenced to life in jail...rapes, three four-year sentences for indecent assault, two life sentences for murder, plus 53 years, with the proviso that he serve...

Article: `Need to re-define natural life sentence'
New Straits Times;  November 16, 2004 ;     181 words ......re-define natural life sentence' Edition: Main...Mon. - Natural life sentences are unnatural...now, a natural life sentence was like sentencing...death. "Natural life was re-defined...under natural life sentences. "In the 90s...

Article: NSW: Man faces third life sentence for murder
AAP General News (Australia);  August 1, 2002 ;     190 words ...00-00-0000 NSW: Man faces third life sentence for murder A judge has warned a man already serving two life sentences that he may receive a third...seriously consider whether a life sentence is imposed. One of the offenders...is already serving two life sentences for the ...

Article: THE length of a life sentence has more than doubled in the past 15 years, new figures reveal.
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  May 18, 2009 ;     382 words ......lifers' THE length of a life sentence has more than doubled...Criminals sentenced to life imprisonment are now...figures demonstrated that life sentence prisoners were now serving...there was no remission on life sentences, which were mandatory...murder. The number of ...

Article: Court reduces punishment in Elgin attack, rape Man will serve only one life sentence without parole, instead of seven.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 31, 2004 ;     242 words ......serving just another day in the seven consecutive life sentences he received for perpetrating attempted murder, sexual...Chicago man learned his punishment was reduced to one life sentence, with no chance for parole. He is in the downstate...Illinois Appellate Court overturned six of Palmer's ...

Article: Politics: DPP: Mandatory life sentence for murder should be scrapped.(News)
The Independent (London, England);  May 24, 2005 ;     190 words ......murder charges to incur a mandatory life sentence to be replaced with a system in which...some convicted murderers escaping life sentences. The DPP's call follows an announcement...serious murders being given a mandatory life sentence. 'There should be degrees of homicide...charge of ...

Article: Knife killer in legal challenge to 'life' sentence.(NEWS)
Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  July 19, 2007 ;     402 words ......constitutionality of Ireland's mandatory life sentence regime. There are currently about 253 convicted murderers serving life sentences in Irish prisons. The average life sentence lasts thirteen and a half years...Whelan is claiming that mandatory life sentences are ...

Article: First-time paedophiles could get a life sentence.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 15, 2002 ;     514 words ......get 'one-strike-and-you'reout' life sentences to keep them off the streets...option for rape and kidnapping. A life sentence can only be imposed if the offence...loopholes to hand down so-called 'life' sentences which leave offenders eligible...

Article: DPP: Change law to end automatic life sentence for killing; CALL FOR AMERICAN-STYLE DEGREES OF MURDER.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  May 24, 2005 ;     404 words ......new murder laws to end automatic life sentences for less serious killings. Ken Macdonald...legislation was a mess and that automatic life sentences should be rethought because of the...that should attract a mandatory life sentence, he said. A Home Office spokeswoman...will be no ...

Article: 'End automatic life sentence for killing'; PROSECUTOR URGES AMERICAN-STYLE DEGREES OF MURDER.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  May 24, 2005 ;     400 words ......new murder laws to end automatic life sentences for less serious killings. Ken Macdonald...legislation was a mess and that automatic life sentences should be rethought because of the...that should attract a mandatory life sentence, he said. A Home Office spokeswoman...will be no ...

Article: What does a life sentence mean?
Michigan Chronicle;  March 7, 1995 ;     700+ words ......What does a life sentence mean?. By Gershwin...was given a life sentence and released...state. Dozens of life sentences are imposed...What does a life sentence mean?" In Michigan...two types of life sentences provided under...mandates the life ...