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- Dictionarylife sentence/ˈlʌɪf ˌsɛntəns/
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- 1. a punishment of life imprisonment or of imprisonment for a specified long period.
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Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which the convicted criminal is to remain in prison for the rest of their natural life. Crimes that result in life imprisonment are considered extremely serious and usually violent. Examples of these crimes are murder, torture, terrorism, child abuse resulting in death, rape, espionage, treason, illegal drug trade, human trafficki... Wikipedia