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

Article: Study says life sentences increasing: Study cites ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  May 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... WASHINGTON - The number of prisoners serving life sentences has increased 83 percent in the past ... state and federal prisons, are serving life sentences, according to the study released Tuesday ... prison. In 1992, 70,000 people had life sentences. In West Virginia, 16 percent of ...

Article: Life Sentences BOOKS
International Herald Tribune;  March 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... International Herald Tribune 03-18-2009 Life Sentences BOOKS Byline: Janet Maslin The New ... Group Edition: 1 Section: FEATURES Life Sentences By Laura Lippman 344 pages. William ... main character in Laura Lippman's "Life Sentences" is a popular writer named Cassandra ...

Article: '3 strikes' laws blamed for big rise in number of life ...
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... The number of prisoners serving life sentences has increased 83 percent in the past ... state and federal prisons, are serving life sentences, according to the study released Tuesday ... prison. In 1992, 70,000 people had life sentences. The figures, compiled from the Federal ...

Article: STUDY: LIFE SENTENCES RISING
Evansville Courier & Press;  May 13, 2004 ;     520 words ...The number of prisoners serving life sentences has increased 83 percent in the past ... state and federal prisons, are serving life sentences, according to the study released Tuesday ... prison. In 1992, 70,000 people had life sentences. The figures, compiled from the Federal ...

Article: Life sentences on the rise in the United ...
Corrections Today;  July 1, 2004 ;     700 words ... ... state and federal prisons, are serving life sentences, according to a study released by ... comparison, 70,000 offenders had life sentences in 1992. The figures, compiled from ... amount of time served by offenders given life sentences increased from an average of 21 years ...

Article: U.S Supreme Court may alter juveniles' life ...
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  May 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... which juvenile offenders claim their life sentences -- one for rape, the other for robbery ... they added that if the court rules life sentences for juveniles are inhumane, the effect ... seek to have all of the juvenile life sentences ruled unconstitutional, and have them ...

Article: INDUSTRY CANADA: Female inmates, Aboriginal inmates and inmates ...
M2 Presswire;  April 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Aboriginal inmates and inmates serving life sentences -- October 1996 (C)1994-99 M2 ... Aboriginal people and individuals serving life sentences. While the general population in Canada ... years served. Individuals serving life sentences tended to be older and less educated ...