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That's not true — every European country except for Portugal has life imprisonment. But they generally do have shorter sentences for the same crimes than the U
by muglug 4y ago
That's not true — every European country except for Portugal has life imprisonment.
But they generally do have shorter sentences for the same crimes than the US.
- jeffbee 4y ago"Life imprisonment" in e.g. Germany is an indefinite sentence with parole eligibility at 15 years, 18 years in France, 15 years in Belgium, etc. According to Wikipedia there are currently 550 inmates serving indefinite sentences in France, and 33000 inmates serving life sentences in California.
- bmelton 4y agoI think that's generally true in America as well. A "one-life" sentence in America generally amounts to 15-25 before parole eligibility. I don't know the prevalence of back-to-back life sentences in Germany (or in America, really) but we have some oddities like the Green River Killer, who got a life sentence for every murder he pled guilty to committing, so he's serving 48 life sentences consecutively. I am as impressed with France's low percentage of life (indefinite) sentences as I am shocked that California's 160+% life detention rate despite having almost half the population.