Sentence examples for lifetime of incarceration from inspiring English sources

"But that pound of flesh comes at a higher price than a lifetime of incarceration".

Mr. Bosket, who has spent all but two years in some form of lockup since he was 9, also said he had formed a "breastplate" from a lifetime of incarceration.

Her cubs were subsequently shipped to zoos to face a lifetime of incarceration, boredom, and frustration (see my previous post about Blaze).

These limitations notwithstanding, incarceration history in this sample is significantly higher than in the general population lifetime risk of incarceration, even when compared to other high-risk sociodemographic strata.

A black male has a one in three lifetime probability of incarceration in the United States, lending credence to Michelle Alexander's description of America's "cradle to prison pipeline".

A "cradle-to-prison pipeline" now makes the lifetime likelihood of incarceration for an African-American male 1 in 3, a Latino male 1 in 6, and a white male 1 in 17.

Another argument — that the death penalty saves money, because it avoids the expense of lifetime incarceration — doesn't hold up, either, when you factor in the staggering costs of capital litigation.

History of homelessness (at least once in my lifetime vs. never) and history of incarceration (yes, at least once in my lifetime vs. never) were also assessed.

Writing for the majority in the decision concerning juvenile offenders, Justice Elena Kagan said the Constitution forbids "requiring that all children convicted of homicide receive lifetime incarceration without possibility of parole, regardless of their age and age-related characteristics and the nature of their crimes".

"By requiring that all children convicted of homicide receive lifetime incarceration without possibility of parole, regardless of their age and age-related characteristics and the nature of their crimes, the mandatory sentencing schemes before us violate this principle of proportionality, and so the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment," Kagan wrote.

And we must dismantle the pipeline to prison that places one in three black and one in six Hispanic boys born in 2001 at risk of incarceration in their lifetime.