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natural life sentences

natural life sentences is the plural of natural life sentence.

Meaning of natural life sentence

Noun

natural life sentence (plural natural life sentences)

  1. A life sentence without the possibility of parole, commutation, etc.
    • 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.2016, Peter Hodgkinson, The International Library of Essays on Capital Punishment, volume 1, Routledge, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    LWOP

Questions about natural life sentences

What is natural life sentences the plural of?
Natural life sentences is the plural of natural life sentence.

Words near natural life sentences in the dictionary

  1. natural law
  2. natural laws
  3. natural leaven
  4. natural leavens
  5. natural life sentence
  6. natural life sentences
  7. natural light
  8. natural log
  9. natural logarithm
  10. natural logarithms
  11. natural logs

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