Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem...
by Tomte on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @12:00PM
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> 13 years, that's on the upper range for murder in Germany, for comparison
That's obviously false.
Murder carries a penalty of life imprisonment, and while there are regular checks whether a murderer can be released, those checks start after 15 years imprisonment at the earliest, and there is no guarantee whatsoever that the prisoner gets eventually released.
It is absolutely possible and not uncommon to spend the rest of your life in prison (or until very shortly before your death, because prisons aren't really equipped to handle bedridden people who need full-time care).
That's obviously false.
Murder carries a penalty of life imprisonment, and while there are regular checks whether a murderer can be released, those checks start after 15 years imprisonment at the earliest, and there is no guarantee whatsoever that the prisoner gets eventually released.
It is absolutely possible and not uncommon to spend the rest of your life in prison (or until very shortly before your death, because prisons aren't really equipped to handle bedridden people who need full-time care).