I just saw an article today that said someone is serving a life sentence plus 156 years. But what is the purpose of that? Once that person dies in prison, they’re not going to keep the rotting corpse there for another 156 years…so I don’t understand. Is it just to guarantee they never get parole? If so, why not just sentence them to “life in prison, without the possibility of parole?” I’ve also heard “two back-to-back life sentences…” this isn’t physically possible, but I’m guessing it would be for the same reason?
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If they’re convicted of multiple offenses the total sentences for all of those crimes are added together, which is how you end up with multiple life sentences or life sentences + some numbers of years. The practical reason for this is that if they manage to appeal and get some of the charges overturned they will still have to serve the remaining ones.
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