Nevertheless, given their age, it's possible that their sentences will amount to life behind bars.
He also gets to remain free until he has to show up October 14 to begin his new life behind bars.
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Any prisoner faced with spending the rest of his life behind bars is likely to wonder if there is any point in living.
The once high-profile boss of WorldCom could well spend the rest of his life behind bars following his conviction last month on fraud charges.
It argues that the indefinite nature of a life sentence - which may or may not involve a life behind bars - is unfair and incomprehensible.
Juries, aware that a life sentence does not mean what it says, opt for the death sentence because they perceive correctly that a murderer will then at least serve the rest of his life behind bars.
Judge Neil Firetog said Levi Aron accepted a plea deal and will spend 40 years to life behind bars for the two counts, after the official sentencing on August 29, for the killing of Leiby Kletzky last summer.
Rather they believe she received special treatment as a foreigner and that a Mexican national in a similar situation would be facing the rest of their life behind bars without recourse to a hearing in the Supreme Court.
Though his sentence is far shorter than the more than 400 years he could have faced for molesting ten children over a 15-year period, the 68-year-old will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars because he cannot be released on parole before his minimum 30-year sentence is served.
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"He's already serving a life sentence behind bars, as you know, " Gmoser told WXIX.
And despite the escalating expenditures, the barbarity of life behind American bars, the lack of protection from truly brutal fellow inmates, is a continuing scandal.
Prison inmates create a life for themselves behind bars and in the process unique communities are established just as they are across the fabric of America.
Under Louisiana law he is now behind bars for life, and the DA's office intends to go forward with a trial for the 2009 murder.
He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison and he died behind bars.
Last week the killer, who is serving a life sentence with a minimum of 21 years behind bars, was handed a further 30-month sentence for breaching the terms of the sex offenders' register.
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However, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines can put a first-time, non-violent offender behind bars for the remainder of their life.
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Castree was jailed for life with a recommendation that he serve at least 30 years behind bars.
In September he was jailed for life, with a recommendation that he serve no less than 25 years behind bars.
Though Garrido was put behind bars for what he did, Hall said that night changed her life forever.
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But she failed to clarify that a life sentence could mean Arias would be eligible for release after 25 years or spend her remaining days behind bars, and that that decision would be up to the judge.
As Gafoor begins a life term, relatives of Lynette White can finally console themselves with the knowledge that her murderer is at last behind bars.
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