Definition: Life imprisonment

Category: Crime statistics

Any sentence in which the convicted person is to be deprived of liberty in an institution of any kind for the duration of his or her natural life. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_89_EN.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Manual for the Development of a System of Criminal Justice Statistics", United Nations, New York, 2003
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