I just heard on the TV that someone got life in prison plus 47 years. I never understood this. Life in prison is life in prison so what does this mean when they get additional time on top of life in prison?
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Not only that, but there are non-technical reasons as well.
Lets say one person is convicted of 1 murder, sentenced for 100 years no parole, and another person is convicted of 10 murders, sentenced for 100 years, no parole.
This implies that those ten people murdered are “worth less than” the one person, since both people are effectively getting the same punishment.
Instead, the person convicted of 10 murders, would be sentenced to 1000 years. Obviously the actual time in prison would be the same as the first, but on paper, it indicates that they are serving ten, hundred year consecutive terms, so that it is shown that each person’s death is considered individually and fairly.
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