imprisonment
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However, the country has not carried out an execution since 1976 and the death penalty is automatically commuted to life imprisonment.
From Barron's
That summit focused on easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China, potentially moving sensitive topics such as Lai’s imprisonment to the two leaders’ next meeting, expected to take place in Beijing in April.
She had been serving multiple sentences for alleged propaganda activities, totaling more than 10 years’ imprisonment in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.
Behind those numbers are thousands of people whose freedom hangs in the balance while courts decide whether their imprisonment is lawful.
From Salon
Before the sentencing was handed down, prosecutor Jason Gullaci SC said Wright should serve a term of "actual immediate imprisonment" to reflect the "seriousness" of his crimes.
From BBC
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