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unusual facts about life imprisonment



1979 in organized crime

Terranova was the prosecutor responsible for the imprisonment of Luciano Leggio serving a life sentence for the murder of Michele Navarra.

Anarchism in Russia

The death sentence, however, was commuted to life imprisonment, and he was eventually handed over to the Russian authorities, by whom he was imprisoned and finally sent to Eastern Siberia in 1857.

Clayton Fountain

He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and was ultimately sent to the United States Penitentiary, Marion--at the time, the highest-security prison in the nation.

Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar

On January 31, 2014 Supreme Court of India issued notice to Central Government on Bhullar's curative plea seeking commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment.

O. J. Simpson robbery case

After the verdicts are read by courtroom clerk Sandra Jeter 11:00 pm local time (0600 GMT), Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass denies Simpson's bail petition and he is removed in handcuffs, facing life imprisonment.

Operation Pitsford

On 26 April 2013, eleven British Muslims were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 40 months to life imprisonment.

Richard Rougier

Although he sentenced Jones to the mandatory term of life imprisonment, he set no minimum term, and wrote privately to the Home Secretary, Michael Howard, and defence counsel, John Rees QC, to express his doubts over the verdict.

Sexual Offences Act 1985

The Sexual Offences Act 1985 (c.44) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created two offences concerning prostitution, and increased the maximum sentence for attempted rape from 7 years to life imprisonment.

Thomas E. Gaddis

Birdman of Alcatraz was the story of Robert Stroud, the grandson of a Federal judge, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in solitary confinement after stabbing a guard to death in Leavenworth Federal prison in Kansas.

Tommy Ball

Stagg was refused leave to appeal, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment as part of the reforms introduced by the newly elected Labour Government.


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1927 in organized crime

July - Ray Hyland, a gunman for Charles Birger, and Birger associate Arthur Newman are convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

2005 in Algeria

Amari Saifi ("Abderrezak el-Para), a leading member of the GSPC captured in Chad in October 2004, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Algiers.

Bavarian State Police

One day later the murderer was arrested through a DNA analysis match and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Chief Judge Fargo

Fargo is highly distressed when Dredd is found guilty and is able to get the sentence commuted from death to life imprisonment by retiring and taking the Long Walk out to the Cursed Earth.

Collaborators Act 1972

Al-Badr members Siddiqur Rahman and Muhammad Galib were sentenced life imprisonment on the journalist Nizamuddin murder case.

Durant, Nebraska

At the Fort Larned jailhouse, Cullen is told he is guilty of armed robbery and sedition, but his death sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment if he reveals his cohorts' names.

Erika Bergmann

Bergmann soon moved on to the Oederan subcamp of Flossenbürg where she served out the rest of the war, after which an East German court found her guilty of murder and sentenced her to life imprisonment.

Flutoprazepam

The penalty for trafficking or manufacturing the substance is a $5,000,000 (HKD) fine and life imprisonment.

Gaetano Badalamenti

In April 2002, an Italian court convicted him of the 1978 murder of activist radio broadcaster Giuseppe Impastato and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Gam Malludora

On his appeal, the death sentence was changed in 1924 to Life imprisonment at Andaman Jail.

Henry Lee Lucas

In 1998, the Texas Board of Pardon and Parole voted to commute Lucas's death sentence to life imprisonment, in accordance with Governor George W. Bush's request.

Jordan Downs

Two of the arsonists received life imprisonment; the third received a lighter sentence for testifying for the prosecution.

Ketan Anand

In 2002, Ketan and his brother Vivek were sentenced to life imprisonment along with their two servants in the case relating to the sensational murder of actress Priya Rajvansh.

Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions

LARF's leader, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, was sentenced to life imprisonment in France in 1987, and the group's attacks ceased soon after.

Life imprisonment in Russia

Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment are held in maximum security prisons separately from other criminals (e.g. VK-240/2 White Swan (prison) in Solikamsk).

Loretta A. Preska

Jeremy Hammond - the activist accused of gaining unauthorized access to Stratfor's computer systems, was denied bail by Preska; who warned that he could face life imprisonment.

Michael Havers, Baron Havers

The trial lasted two weeks and despite the efforts of his counsel James Chadwin QC, Sutcliffe was found guilty of murder on all counts and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Nora Wall

Finally Judge Paul Carney made his comments about Nora Wall and gave her an unprecedented sentence of life imprisonment.

Patrick Hill

Patrick Joseph Hill, one of the Birmingham Six, six men sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 in England for the Birmingham pub bombings

Richard Fermor

In 1540, Fermor was found guilty of misprision of treason and on 9 May 1540 he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Marshalsea Prison and attainted.

Rode, Somerset

This was commuted to life imprisonment, of which she served twenty years.

Romanian legislative election, 1948

The National Peasants' leaders, Iuliu Maniu and Ion Mihalache, were tried on trumped-up charges of plotting to overthrow the government (the so-called Tămădău Affair) and were both sentenced to life imprisonment.

Ron Williamson

His friend Dennis Fritz was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Williamson was sentenced to death.

Walter Reder

In October 1951, Reder was sentenced to life imprisonment at Gaeta fortress prison, on the coast north of Naples, for ordering the destruction of Marzabotto and other villages near Bologna during the anti-partisan sweeps and for ordering the execution of Italian civilians in Tuscany and Emilia during the same period.

Yellow Henry Gang

After two years, Lyons would be pardoned by Louisiana Governor Francis T. Nicholls in 1890 and again resumed the criminal activities with the gang until 1892, when New Orleans police arrested Lyons for the murder of a police officer and sentenced to life imprisonment with the Yellow Henrys' disbanding soon after.