natural life sentence

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natural life sentence (plural natural life sentences)

  1. (law) A life sentence without the possibility of parole, commutation etc.
    Synonym: LWOP
    • 2016, Peter Hodgkinson, The International Library of Essays on Capital Punishment‎[1], volume 1, Routledge, →ISBN:
      Justice Kennedy's opinion toyed with the notion that for adolescents, a natural life sentence is on the same proportionality plane as a death sentence.
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