life sentence
noun
: the punishment of being sent to prison for the rest of one's life
He received a life sentence for his crimes.
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Had he been convicted on either or both of the top counts, Combs could have faced a life sentence.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
While he was convicted of two lesser counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and conceded during the trial that was physically violent in his personal relationships, he was acquitted on the top counts and avoided the worst-case scenario of a possible life sentence.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2025
Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, a letter arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker that purported to be Hoover’s final push for freedom: asking for clemency in his state murder case.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Hanson had been serving a life sentence in Louisiana for several unrelated federal convictions.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
While he was convicted of two lesser counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and conceded during the trial that was physically violent in his personal relationships, he was acquitted on the top counts and avoided the worst-case scenario of a possible life sentence.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2025
Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, a letter arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker that purported to be Hoover’s final push for freedom: asking for clemency in his state murder case.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Hanson had been serving a life sentence in Louisiana for several unrelated federal convictions.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025
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“Life sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20sentence. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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