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The plea deal brought the penalty down to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 13 July 2024
Through a plea agreement, Smith testified against King and was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
The controversial figure has spent the past five years in a high-security prison in southeast London and nearly seven years before that holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in the British capital, trying to avoid arrest that could have led to life imprisonment.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 25 June 2024
Ball was eventually stopped by a passerby, amateur boxer Ronnie Russell, and later caught by police and sentenced to life imprisonment in a psychiatric hospital.
—Ale Russian, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 13 July 2024
Through a plea agreement, Smith testified against King and was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
The controversial figure has spent the past five years in a high-security prison in southeast London and nearly seven years before that holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in the British capital, trying to avoid arrest that could have led to life imprisonment.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 25 June 2024
Ball was eventually stopped by a passerby, amateur boxer Ronnie Russell, and later caught by police and sentenced to life imprisonment in a psychiatric hospital.
—Ale Russian, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
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“Life imprisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20imprisonment. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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