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The charge carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, prosecutors said.
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Sara Schilling
july 7, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025
Anyone who argues that life imprisonment allows for the chance of mental mending has the experience of a pre-teen.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
The maximum sentence for the transportation counts is 20 years — and that’s only if the judge makes the exceedingly rare move of handing down consecutive sentences for each count — compared with a possible maximum of life imprisonment.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 2 July 2025
The conviction an carries automatic sentence of life imprisonment, according to Berkley's attorney David Hopkins.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Sara Schilling
july 7, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025
Anyone who argues that life imprisonment allows for the chance of mental mending has the experience of a pre-teen.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
The maximum sentence for the transportation counts is 20 years — and that’s only if the judge makes the exceedingly rare move of handing down consecutive sentences for each count — compared with a possible maximum of life imprisonment.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 2 July 2025
The conviction an carries automatic sentence of life imprisonment, according to Berkley's attorney David Hopkins.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“Life imprisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20imprisonment. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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