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Why do judges give more than 100-year prison terms, knowing a human is not able to live that long?

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asked Jul 22, 2017 in Law/Ethics by John lees (280 points)
Why do judges give more than 100-year prison terms, knowing a human is not able to live that long?

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answered Jul 23, 2017 by Suzy Q (270 points)
It's stupid but the judge has to hand out the minimum sentences that are required by law even though it means that the sentences may run into thousands of years.

They could just say life but that's not how they want to do it.

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