The Longest Jail Sentence?

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The longest jail sentence passed was in the United States - 10,000 years for a triple murder. Dudley Wayne Kyzer was jailed for 10,000 years by a court in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1981 for murdering his wife. He was then sentenced to two life terms for murdering his mother-in-law and a college student. 

In 1994 Oklahoma rapist Darron Bennalford Anderson received a 2,200-year jail sentence. When he appealed and won a new trial, he was convicted again and resentenced to more than 90 additional centuries behind bars - including 4,000 years each for rape and sodomy, 1,750 years for kidnapping, 1,000 years for burglary and robbery, and 500 years for grand larceny. 

In July 1997, the state Court of Criminal Appeals held that the grand larceny charge was double jeopardy on the robbery conviction and thus dismissed it. So the court cut Anderson's sentence by 500 years, speeding up his release date to the year 12,744! 

Dou you think thats harsh?

carolina b · Accepted Answer

do the crime do the time nah not hrsh

? · Answer

Yes, excessive sentences can be voided as violating the 8th Amendment provisions. But only where the sentence is for a single crime. In that case, it was multiple different convictions, each of which carried a mandatory minimum sentence that itself would not be excessive under the 8th Amendment. Or put another way -- the 8th Amendment only protects you against a single large boulder, not an avalanche of pebbles.

g_insane · Answer

I believe most states nowadays have changed their sentencing to life without parole for these types of crimes.  Oklahoma may still use indeterminent sentencing and what the judge was trying to do was make sure this guy never ever had a chance to even see a parole board so it was basically a life sentence without parole.  Not harsh for what he did.

Anonymous · Answer

i don tink thats harsh but i tink its unreasonable. that criminal is not going to live that long..-.-"
u know, i tink life sentencing is not harsh. some people rather be behind bars.
in my country, for every life taken, it will be paid by a life. which means u will be hanged to death if u kill sum1. i tink US is pretty lenient. even if 1 person kill 20 people, i see the most they get is life sentencing and still have a chance at parole.. Not in my country, thats y every1 have to behave....

N yeah! i forgot to mention caning... we were shown pictures of sum people being caned... the skin tore off the butt. it was scary...ppl fear caning the most here...

kperovic · Answer

Well, you know, sometimes as a judge you want to play it safe... just in case they might consider living for 1000 years, you want to make sure they spend that time in prison.

Marc X · Answer

And even though he was sentenced to 10,000 years in prison, he was still eligible for parole in 2007.

49 earring e · Answer

I FEEL THAT WAS THE BEST THING FOR HIM NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE A LIFE HAS WE ALL KNOW THAT THE LAW IS TO EASY ON PEOPLE IT IS TIME TO DO MORE TO KEEP THEM  IN JAIL AN NOT LET THEM OUT THE USA IS DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH THE LAW YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT CANADA OUR LAW IS A JOKE AN DONT WORK FOR PEOPLE IT IS HARD TO GET THE LAW TO DO ANYTHING IN CANADA WE HAVE PEOPLE GETTING OUT BEFORE TIME IS UP THAT IS SICK UNFAIR TO THE FAMILY WHO HAD TO WORK TO GET THAT PERSON IN JAIL WE ALL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FAMILY WHO LOSE A LOVE ONE

nighthawk · Answer

well when they want a life  they take it .......now you get life you  are still elligible for parol if they say life and a day ....bub bye ......if they say 2 life sentences cuncurent back to back ......life =20years usualy  so 40yrs you wouldnt last........

Anonymous · Answer

i think that is unnecessary.

it would've been better if they were work slaves though

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