natural life sentence

English

Noun

natural life sentence (plural natural life sentences)

1. (law) A life sentence without the possibility of parole, commutation, etc.

   Synonym: LWOP

   • 2016, Peter Hodgkinson, The International Library of Essays on Capital Punishment‎^[1], volume 1, Routledge, →ISBN:

     Justice Kennedy's opinion toyed with the notion that for adolescents, a natural life sentence is on the same proportionality plane as a death sentence.