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In the United States, life imprisonment is the most severe punishment provided by law in states with no valid capital punishment statute, and second-most in those with a valid statute. According to a 2013 study, 1 of every 2 000 inhabitants of the U.S. were imprisoned for life as of 2012.
26 lip 2022 · There were 799 offenders sentenced to de facto life imprisonment, which accounted for 0.2 percent of the total federal offender population. Half (50.6%) of offenders sentenced to de facto life imprisonment were convicted of sexual abuse.
26 lut 2015 · Life imprisonment sentences are rare in the federal criminal justice system. Virtually all offenders convicted of a federal crime are released from prison eventually and return to society or, in the case of illegal aliens, are deported to their country of origin.
17 lut 2021 · One in five Black men born in 2001 is likely to experience imprisonment within their lifetime. Our four-part “One in Five” series examines racial inequities in America’s criminal legal system, as well as highlights promising reforms.
5 gru 2023 · The study, “No End in Sight: America’s Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment,” shows that more people are serving life in prison than were serving any sentence in 1970, before mass incarceration took hold in America, when the prison population was less than 200,000 people.
Life imprisonment increased by 83% between 1992 and 2003 due to the implementation of three strikes laws. Short-term sentencing, mandatory minimums, and guideline-based sentencing began to remove the human element from sentencing.
This report, prepared by the Sentencing Project, examines the increase in the use of life imprisonment in U.S. correctional facilities.
