:- How does sentencing someone to consecutive life sentences work?

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I’ve heard accounts of prisoners being sentenced to consecutive life sentences. Regardless of the number of life sentences, the person will still be serving for the one life they’ve got, right?. Are there different legal implications behind multiple sentences?

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They get a sentence for every person they murdered. So even if they get one case dropped, they still have to answer for the others. But there is a measure of justice handed down for each victim, barring any sort of plea bargains, lack of evidence for one or two crimes, etc…

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