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Re:Peter Madsen sentenced to life for murdering journalist K... by unwind on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @08:08AM (#16920739)
The number seems to come from Wikipedia[1]:

Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment serve an average of 16 years, more for cases considered to be particularly grave. The only example in modern times of an individual serving significantly more than 16 years in prison is Palle Sørensen, who served 33 years for a quadruple police murder.

So I guess it's a parole, then (which cannot happen until 12 years into the sentence).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_Denmark

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Re:Peter Madsen sentenced to life for murdering journalist K... by ryanlol on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @08:52AM (#16921035)
>served 33 years for a quadruple police murder.

>Despite being a peaceful prisoner, he was considered the most dangerous convict in Denmark for many years, and police unions pressured the authorities to grant him neither parole nor pardon.

In Scandinavia cops get their own separate justice system too.

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Re:Peter Madsen sentenced to life for murdering journalist K... by hackerman12345 on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @09:00AM (#16921104)
If you know someone murdered 4 people, does them being on good behavior in front of you really make you consider them peaceful?
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Re:Peter Madsen sentenced to life for murdering journalist K... by ryanlol on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @09:03AM (#16921130)
Compared to the other murderers? I don't see why not.

The averages very strongly suggest that he spent an unusually long time in prison because he killed cops, of course I may be missing out on some key details here.

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Re:Peter Madsen sentenced to life for murdering journalist K... by lambdaphagy on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @09:01AM (#16921114)
"I always kept my cell neat, and they never called me Palle the Clean. I always kept out of fights, and they never called me Palle the Peaceful.. But you murder four police ONE TIME..."
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Re:Peter Madsen sentenced to life for murdering journalist K... by otp124 on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @09:50AM (#16921474)
That page doesn't have a single source, which is very strange. Normally when I read Wikipedia, I see [citation needed] flags everywhere.
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