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back-to-back life sentences

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A quick definition of back-to-back life sentences:

Back-to-back life sentences means a person who committed multiple serious crimes can be sentenced to serve many life sentences one after the other. A life sentence means the person must stay in prison for a very long time, usually 15 to 25 years, before they can ask to be released. Back-to-back life sentences make it harder for the person to be released because they have to serve many more years in prison. Some people who got back-to-back life sentences did very bad things, like killing many people.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Back-to-back life sentences refer to when a defendant is given two or more consecutive life terms for committing multiple crimes. A life sentence usually means the defendant must serve 15 to 25 years in prison before being eligible for parole, but back-to-back life sentences can increase the number of years they must serve before being considered for parole. The purpose of back-to-back life sentences is to limit the possibility of parole for defendants who have committed multiple serious crimes.

  • Terry Nichols was given 161 life sentences and 9,300 years without parole for his role in the Oklahoma City Bombing.
  • Michael J Devlin was given 74 life sentences for multiple counts of kidnapping, armed criminal action, forced sodomy, child pornography, attempted murder, and more.
  • Gary Ridgway, also known as the "Green River Killer," was given 48 life sentences for murdering women between 1982 and 1998.

These examples illustrate how back-to-back life sentences can be used to ensure that defendants who have committed multiple serious crimes serve a longer time in prison before being considered for parole.

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Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
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it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
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reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
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NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
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also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
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@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
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