Talk:Misnomer/Archives/2009/May

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'Life sentence'

A life sentence in the UK is not a life sentence, and can be for as little as 12 years. Is that a misnomer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.173.4.216 (talk) 10:10, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

I assume it's roughly the same as the U.S., in which there is a parole system that sometimes reduces sentences for various reasons after part of it is served. That is not a misnomer because the sentence originally is for life but was reduced. Ward3001 (talk) 14:50, 22 May 2009 (UTC)