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This is a list of longest prison sentences served by a single person, worldwide, without a period of freedom followed by a second conviction. These cases...

people sentenced to more than one life imprisonment in a single trial, worldwide. The sentence may specify that the life sentences are to be served concurrently...

for such sentences. Since the sentence given is not necessarily equivalent to time served, see the list of longest prison sentences served for those...

sentence may – after a successful application – be commuted to a fixed-term sentence, after which the offender is released as if the sentence served was...

In grammar, sentence and clause structure, commonly known as sentence composition, is the classification of sentences based on the number and kind of...

are all served together at the same time, or a consecutive sentence, in which the period of imprisonment is the sum of all sentences served one after the...

can order the sentence to be served, in addition to any sentence for the new offence. In Australia, suspended sentences are commonly imposed in order...

Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term of imprisonment for certain crimes, commonly serious or violent offenses. Judges are...

average length of a sentence generally serves as a measure of sentence difficulty or complexity. In general, as the average sentence length increases, the...

an order. The effect of a whole life order is that the prisoner serves the sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Whole life...

it. The longest nominal sentence imposed on one or more sentences of indefinite imprisonment is 30 years, currently being served by serial paedophile Geoffrey...

out the sentence and guilty plea, clearing the incident from their record. If the defendant violates probation, they must serve the full sentence immediately...

committed prior to 2 December 2011 all life sentences and related parole ineligibility periods are served concurrently (at the same time). In cases of...

served does not include time served on bail but only during incarceration and can range from days to, in rare cases, years. A sentence of time served...

must still serve the sentences for the ones left standing without need of a retrial (as would presumably be the case if a single sentence is issued for...

cleft sentence is a complex sentence (one having a main clause and a dependent clause) that has a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence. Clefts...

Borgmann's sentence until 2006. Versions of this linguistic oddity can be constructed with other words which similarly simultaneously serve as collective...

to one's statement. Depending on intonation and context, it may soften a statement (particularly in women's language), or to strongly assert one's belief...

A garden-path sentence is a grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect; the...

States Federal Sentencing Guidelines are rules published by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that set out a uniform policy for sentencing individuals and...