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. 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.

2. Pablo Escobar:

   Haji Bashir Noorzai, currently serving a life sentence in the United States, for all the Americans was possible. Instead, Bergdahl was traded for five senior Taliban leaders who had been serving indefinite sentences at the U.S. military’s prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- a deal he said had been rejected by senior U.S. officials years ago. My team had a difficult mission and I used all legal means available to recover the hostages. You, the Congress, were my last resort, i am before you because I did my duty and you need to ensure all in uniform can go on doing their duty without fear of reprisal. He said he is being retaliated against because the FBI and others were angry when Duncan Hunter revealed the Defense Department had tried to pay a ransom for Bergdahl, which is against U.S. law. Jason Amerine said Jason Amerine drew their ire when Duncan Hunter submitted a complaint to the Inspector General alleging an.

3. 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.

4. Del Rio:

   A patient once said something to me that I always remember and I always like saying, it's that while HIV infection is no longer a death sentence, it's still a life sentence. You still have to take medications for the rest of your life. So we have to find a cure.

5. Brad Edwards:

   Some of them are doing very well, considering, but … it is essentially a life sentence for most of them. It's not pain and suffering that just goes away, even with a verdict like this.