Life-sentence Definition

noun

Sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life.

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Noun

Singular:
life-sentence
Plural:
life-sentences

Life-sentence Sentence Examples

  • I got light-headed and dizzy in the beginning of my 24-year life sentence as a smoker of cigarettes.

  • Chapman plead guilty to Lennon's murder and is serving a life sentence in Attica State Prison (New York).

  • The execution of Timothy McVeigh on June 11, 2001, and the life sentence of Terry Nichols are not enough to console the pain that this tragedy caused for so many Oklahomans.

  • Kirk is blamed for the incident and given a life sentence onto an icy penal colony where life cannot exist on its surface.

  • A jury at Bristol Crown Court found him guilty and he is serving a life sentence at Gartree jail in Leicestershire.

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Words Starting With

LLILIF

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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Words Starting With L and Ending With E

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