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Meanings of indeterminate sentence in English

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Usage of indeterminate sentence in English
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Owen, the lodger, is given an indeterminate sentence for public protection.
The Guardian
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An indeterminate sentence is a commitment to prison without any limit.
The Indeterminate Sentence: What Shall Be Done with the Criminal...
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He said Taylor posed a danger and an indeterminate sentence was his only option.
The Guardian
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Over 20 million dead and nearly twice that number serving out their indeterminate sentence.
The Irish Times
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A few months in the Bastile, and Voltaire's indeterminate sentence was commuted to exile.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
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It's an indeterminate sentence.... That's a good cell you have.
Three Times and Out / Told by Private Simmons, Written by Nellie...
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Worboys was given an indeterminate sentence in April 2009.
The Guardian
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For an indeterminate sentence no release date is given.
The Irish Times
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I shall not at present discuss Government measures of so-called mitigation-suspendedsentence, parole, indeterminate sentence.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
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The meaning of "probation"; of "parole"; of an " indeterminate sentence."
Community Civics and Rural Life
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The " indeterminate sentence" is one of the wisest expedients ever brought to bear in penology.
Love, Life & Work / Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Nat...
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Interview, or write to, a prison official in your state regarding the practicability of the indeterminate sentence.
Problems in American Democracy
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The proposed method is the indeterminate sentence.
The Indeterminate Sentence: What Shall Be Done with the Criminal...
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I'd a sight rather plead guilty and accept indeterminate sentence than to waste time on my friends.
The Dead Men's Song / Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscen...
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Of course, the indeterminate sentence would radically change our criminal jurisprudence and our statutory provisions in regard to criminals.
The Indeterminate Sentence: What Shall Be Done with the Criminal...
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By sanctioning an indeterminate sentence:
Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders / Report of the Committee...
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Indeterminate sentence across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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