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life imprisonment, life sentence, lifelong incarceration, life incarceration
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Def: any sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in prison for the rest of his or her life or until paroled
Example: Portugal was the first country in the world to abolish life imprisonment by the prison reforms in 1884.
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