life without parole
No release ever
Life without parole is a criminal sentence requiring the convicted person to remain in prison until death, with no possibility of release.
It serves as an alternative to the death penalty for the most serious crimes: The jury recommended life without parole.
Often abbreviated LWOP in legal contexts.
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- life sentenceImprisonment without release
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- federal prisonNational incarceration facility
death · death row · cell · behind bars · bars · inmate · hard time · conviction · murder · judge · gavel · throw away the key · appeal · no chance · solitary · concrete · jumpsuit · visiting room
- prison sentenceslife sentence, prison term, jail time, sentence length, mandatory minimum
- sentencinglife sentence, life sentences, prison sentence, death row, consecutive sentences
life without paroleacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
probation · time served · suspended sentence · not guilty verdict · community service
life without paroleearly release
Premature freedom from confinement
time off for good behavior · commutation · conditional release · supervised release · halfway house
life without parolecapital punishment
Execution by legal authority
death penalty · execution · death sentence · lethal injection
parole, lively, liveliness, lifelong, lifetime, lifeless, lifelike, livelihood, parolee