woolybanana Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 ...today, particularly the people who had been pardoned by Obama, I stumbled across this strange phrase which made me think: X was 'serving a death sentence'.Simply put, how?Lazy journalism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Now that is interesting in this context and not to do with horrible illnesses, so no idea if it is lazy journalism though, as I can think of reasons why it might be said.From what I have read, there are many people on death row, that have no date for their execution, and they are literally there for years and years and sometimes until their natural death....so how does one describe that????????????? And for those who are serving life sentences with no parole, what is the description of that???????Interesting[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 You have to understand that by and large prison in the US is regarded as a punishment not, as in UK, an opportunity for rehabilitation, that's why you sometimes hear of criminals there being given ludicrous and impossible sentences.Bernie Madoff for instance got a straight 150 years for his Ponzi scheme but for multiple crimes sentences are very often consecutive, that's how Jeffrey Dahmer got a total of 957 years for his 17 murders (957/17 = 56.294 years each ?!?!) so in cases like that even where a 'no possibility of parole' rider were applied one could effectively call those death sentences.Still, in the context of the event which is taking place at this very moment in the good 'ole US of A one might conclude that the awarding of such jail terms isn't quite so ludicrous and impossible after all ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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