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given a life sentence vs was sentenced life in prison

The correct phrase is 'given a life sentence.' The other phrase, 'was sentenced life in prison,' is not grammatically correct. 'Given a life sentence' is a common and correct way to express that someone has been sentenced to spend the rest of their life in prison.

Last updated: March 15, 2024 • 578 views

given a life sentence

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone has been sentenced to spend the rest of their life in prison.

Examples:

  • He was given a life sentence for his crimes.
  • The judge decided to give the defendant a life sentence.
  • She received a life sentence for the murder.
  • The criminal was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
  • The jury recommended giving the convict a life sentence.
  • Apr 17, 2015 ... A 13-year-old boy, who killed a woman by stamping on her face, has been given a life sentence. Petri Kurti knocked Glynis Bensley, 47, to the ground, before robbing her and stamping on her face with such force that his ...
  • Apr 27, 2015 ... Share this article. Share. 'I've been given a life sentence and she's complaining about 17 years,' Ms Vulin said. She found out a year ago that Dimitrovska was lodging an appeal to argue her sentence for grievous bodily harm ...
  • Brutalised wife appeals against murder verdict: Kiranjit Ahluwalia, given a life sentence for killing her husband, will today ask the Court of Appeal to reduce the conviction to manslaughter. Heather Mills reports ...
  • 21 hours ago ... UPDATE (6/16/15): Double-murderer Terence Doddy has been handed a second life sentence with no possibility of parole. He had already been given a life sentence for the murder of Tonya Bargman in Lee County.

was sentenced life in prison

This phrase is not grammatically correct in English.

  • Apr 15, 2015 ... Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has been sentenced to spend the rest of his natural life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Odin Lloyd.
  • Jan 13, 2015 ... A 56-year-old Hamilton man told a judge heroin was at the root of family problems that lead him to shoot and kill his daughter and her friend, just before he was sentenced life in prison without parole. Alfred Rutherford was ...
  • May 25, 2015 ... JEFFERSON CITY - An inmate who was sentenced life in prison without parole may be a free man this summer. Governor Jay Nixon granted Jeff Mizanskey clemency on Friday, which makes him eligible for parole. A judge ...
  • May 29, 2015 ... On Friday Ulbricht was sentenced life in prison for his role in creating and running Silk Road's billion-dollar, anonymous black market for drugs. Judge Katherine Forrest gave Ulbricht the most severe sentence possible.

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