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life imprisonment
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life imprisonment
n
(Law) (in Britain) an indeterminate sentence always given for murder and as a maximum sentence in several other crimes. There is no remission, although the Home Secretary may order the prisoner's release on licence
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Noun1.life imprisonment - a sentence of imprisonment until deathlife imprisonment - a sentence of imprisonment until death
captivity, immurement, incarceration, imprisonment - the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
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life imprisonment n → ergastolo
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Summary: Three British Muslims were sentenced Monday to life in jail for plotting a "terrorist outrage" to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs in suicide attacks expected to be on the Three British Muslims were sentenced Monday to life in jail for plotting a "terrorist outrage" to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs in suicide attacks expected to be on the same scale as the Sept.
UK Muslims get life for major plane bomb plot by Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia)
A Taiwan court Friday sentenced former president Chen Shui-bian to life in jail on corruption charges, while also handing a life term to his wife, a court official said.
Taiwan ex-president sentenced to life in jail: court by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
A Taiwan court Friday sentenced former president Chen Shui-bian to life in jail on corruption charges, while also handing a life term to his wife, a court official said.
Taiwan ex-president sentenced to life in jail: court by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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