Life Imprisonment (Noun)
Meaning
A sentence of imprisonment until death.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The judge handed down a sentence of life imprisonment to the defendant for his heinous crime.
- Life imprisonment is often considered a more humane punishment than the death penalty, but it can still be a very harsh sentence.
- He was convicted of murder and given life imprisonment, with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
- She had committed a string of serious crimes, resulting in a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
- The country's laws dictate that treason is punishable by life imprisonment or, in some cases, the death penalty.