Synonyms for life sentence
life sen·tence

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1. life sentence, lifenoun

   a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

   "he got life for killing the guard"

   Synonyms:
   sprightliness, liveliness, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, life, lifespan, living, life history, aliveness, animation

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1. Mohamed Mursi:

   A death sentence will be issued, a death sentence will be implemented. A life sentence will be issued, a life sentence will be implemented.

2. Kardashian West:

   I would like to thank President Trump for his time this afternoon. It is our hope that the President will grant clemency to Ms. Alice Marie Johnson who is serving a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense, we are optimistic about Ms. Johnson's future and hopeful that she -- and so many like her -- will get a second chance at life.

3. Steve Vladeck:

   Although this is a very technical ruling, its basic gist is that state supreme courts can’t rely upon novel state procedural rules to prevent state prisoners from bringing federal constitutional claims, (John) Cruz may or may not prevail on his federal claim – that he had a right to have the jury know that a life sentence would be without parole. But he now gets to make that argument in the first place.

4. Attorney General Lynch:

   Our sentencing structure has changed in the late '80's and early '90's to where now a life sentence is in fact a life sentence. But under the law in which he was sentenced and the laws of our country which we abide It's not really a recommendation needed from us.

5. Todd Brown:

   This sentence was specifically structured in a way that practically ensures that Smoker would never be released and amounts to the functional equivalent of a life sentence.