A philosophical cornerstone of criminal justice in many European countries is that indefinite jail sentences are immoral and abhorrent: There always has to be the possibility to be released (and not in some phoney way, as a basic principle).

What in the world, indeed, but from my perspective “What in the world, you routinely want to lock people up indefinitely? That’s abhorrent.“

By default indefinite sentences are gruesome (to say nothing of the death penalty).