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@LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

If a criminal gets a life sentence in prison, then they die, then they come back to life, is their life sentence fulfilled and they can be released from prison?

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If a criminal gets a life sentence in prison, then they die, then they come back to life, is their life sentence fulfilled and they can be released from prison?

@LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago
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  • @0110010001100010@lemmy.world
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    37•1 year ago

    Nope: https://www.joe.co.uk/news/prisoner-who-died-and-was-brought-back-to-life-argued-his-life-sentence-had-technically-finished-394879

  • @wantd2B1ofthestrokes@discuss.tchncs.de
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    19•1 year ago

    This is what Jon Snow did. Obviously real life works the same way

    • @MisterChief@lemmy.world
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      7•1 year ago

      And now my watch has ended.

  • @0000000nowhere@lemmy.world
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    19•1 year ago

    No offense, but I feel like a lot of posts on c/asklemmy would be better suited to c/nostupidquestions

  • ⲇⲅⲇ
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    15•1 year ago

    “life sentence in prison” means he is sentenced for life, so if he gets alive again he would be still with that sentence that is for life. It’s not a “sentence until death”.

  • @sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works
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    11•1 year ago

    If he dies for long enough to complete all the paper work and produce death certeficate then he would be free

    • Otter
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      3•1 year ago

      Unfortunately the person would not have any papers after, and trying to get papers may send them back to prison

  • @Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works
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    11•1 year ago

    I don’t think that the law is ready to deal with zombies and other non realistic scenario

    • @BillyTheSkidMark@lemm.ee
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      2•1 year ago

      I mean… You can be clinically dead and then revived with cpr and a defibrillator, so not entirely unrealistic.

  • @SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works
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    6•1 year ago

    I believe they come back to “life in prison” .

  • @cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    4•1 year ago

    There was this case in south africa where a prisoner was revived multiple times.

    https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/breaking-prisoner-benjamin-schreiber-died-brought-back-to-life-life-sentence-is-finished-15-may-2023/

  • Colonel Sanders
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    4•1 year ago

    Not sure how it is in other countries, but I always assumed that a “life” sentence at least in the US just meant anything over 25 years

    • @LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldOP
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      3•1 year ago

      I think in USA life sentence means until death 🤷🏻‍♀️

      • @answersplease77@lemmy.world
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        2•1 year ago

        Not in every state, and many get life sentence with parole chance after X years.

  • @Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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    At least in Canada a “life” sentence is just a really long amount of time. I think 21 years?

    EDIT: Looked into it. It’s indefinite, only getting a chance to appeal after 25 years.

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