• Nougat
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    53 months ago

    Different US states have different sentencing guidelines, but generally speaking, you can be sentenced to “life with the possibility of parole after n years” (where n is determined by the judge at sentencing), or “life without the possibility of parole.”

    Charles Manson, for example, was sentenced in California, and came up for parole about a zillion times. Was never granted parole, of course, but his parole hearings were a bit of a spectacle for a while.

    • @NotMyOldRedditName
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      43 months ago

      Charles Manson, you are hereby sentenced to life with parole

      Sentencing form

      [ ] person is actually eligible for parole

      [X] were just fucking with them, never grant parole.

      • @[email protected]
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        23 months ago

        He was actually sentenced to Death, but California abolished the death penalty before he was executed

        • Nougat
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          43 months ago

          So … death with the possibility of parole?