Life imprisonment... what should be the minimum term served?

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According to wikipedia, from country to country, a sentence of life imprisonment ranges from 7 to 50 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment
In Norway only a small percentage serve more than 14 years. In Poland, on the other hand, they have set a minimum of 25 years to be served.
What do grupies think? How long should "life" be?

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Difficult to say. If we can be confident the sentence

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was solidly, unassailably just- then, the full term. If there is any doubt on that score, there are also grounds (not legal, but ... [show more]

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It's not the quantity of time but the quality of time.

Prisoners sentenced to life in prison should be forced to learn algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, solve the Rubik's cube with n... [show more]

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Goliath 4 months ago

Prison in the U.S. is often called a "Correctional Institution". There is NO correction going on in there. Men and Women are just sitting there like a ham in a tin.

Our prison system is one of the most ridiculous, retardedest ;-), unproductive things. And is right up there with war.
"Correctional Institutions" in America have become very profitable for some people. If it were a drive through fast food restaurant its name would be "Wack n' Hut". http://en.wikipedia....ivate_prisons

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artemis 3 months ago

Of course this rant was a slight bit off-topic, G.-

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This topic was started by TSD66A TSD66A has 12,601 Grupie Points on August 6th, 2008. 6 grupies have voted on one or more of the 3 answers.

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