Example sentences of "imprisonment for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some death-penalty supporters advance the argument that it is unfair on taxpayers to expect them to finance a convict 's imprisonment for life . |
| 2 | Despite a statement by Marina that she poisoned Ann Bacon , Thomas was found guilty , but as there was no absolute proof he was sentenced to imprisonment for life . |
| 3 | In the first , the Home Secretary proposed a fixed ( ie mandatory ) sentence of imprisonment for life as an alternative penalty for murder if the abolitionists ' amendment were carried . |
| 4 | If the death penalty were abolished it would be possible either to substitute a fixed penalty of imprisonment for life or to give the Judge discretion to pass sentence of any term up to imprisonment for life . |
| 5 | If the death penalty were abolished it would be possible either to substitute a fixed penalty of imprisonment for life or to give the Judge discretion to pass sentence of any term up to imprisonment for life . |
| 6 | If , when the jury returns a verdict of murder , the Judge has no option but to pass a sentence of imprisonment for life , it will rest with the Home Secretary to decide when the prisoner shall be released on licence . |
| 7 | These cases indicate that the criteria for the imposition of a sentence of custody for life , where it is discretionary , are substantially the same as those which apply to imprisonment for life . |
| 8 | In these appeals we are concerned with issues arising out of the procedure by which the Secretary of State for the Home Department decides , in the exercise of his power under section 61 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , the date on which a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life may be released on licence . |
| 9 | Messrs. Doody , Pierson , Smart and Pegg have all been convicted of murder , and each in consequence is serving a sentence of imprisonment for life . |
| 10 | Section 1(1) of the Murder ( Abolition of Death Penalty ) Act 1965 abolished the death penalty for murder and substituted for it imprisonment for life . |
| 11 | ‘ at any time if he thinks fit release on licence a person serving a term of imprisonment for life subject to compliance with such conditions , if any , as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine . |
| 12 | ‘ On sentencing any person convicted of murder to imprisonment for life the court may at the same time declare the period which it recommends to the Secretary of State as the minimum period which in its view should elapse before the Secretary of State orders the release of that person on licence under section 27 of the Prison Act 1952 … |
| 13 | ‘ The Secretary of State may , if recommended to do so by the Parole Board , release on licence a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life … but shall not do so in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment for life … except after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice of England together with the trial judge if available . |
| 14 | ‘ The Secretary of State may , if recommended to do so by the Parole Board , release on licence a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life … but shall not do so in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment for life … except after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice of England together with the trial judge if available . |
| 15 | It will be seen that section 61(1) does not require the Secretary of State to release any person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life on licence , but imposes two conditions which must be satisfied before he may do so , namely , that the release must first be recommended by the Parole Board ( a body which was itself constituted by section 59 of the Act of 1967 ) and that the Secretary of State may not release on licence except after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice of England together with the trial judge if available . |
| 16 | ( i ) When a prisoner is sentenced to imprisonment for life , within a short time the trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice are invited by the Secretary of State to express their views on the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence . |
| 17 | In that case the court was considering applications for judicial review by four prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for life imposed in the discretion of the trial judges for offences other than murder ( manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility , false imprisonment of and sexual offences with boys , and arson by two of the appellants ) . |
| 18 | ‘ The Secretary of State may , if recommended to do so by the Parole Board , release on licence a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life … but shall not do so … except after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice of England together with the trial judge if available . |
| 19 | The law of sedition , for example , makes it a crime , punishable by imprisonment for life , to " stir up enmity between different classes of Her Majesty 's subjects " — an offence committed by some newspapers in every edition . |