What Does "4 Life Sentences" Mean?

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@Jinx

There are many reasons people have lost faith in our judicial system. To those who share my specific opinion, multiple life sentences would only seem proper if one were a cat living out 9 lives, for one. Let’s put it this way, all squares have four sides, but not all four-sided (2-D) figures are squares. In other words, there are many reasons why people think our judicial system is a joke, regardless of whether they share my specific opinion or not. Like noses, everyone has an opinion. (That’s the fact, Jack!) …And, nonetheless, the crux of my question has a factual answer.

Life should mean life…period.

• Jinx

I demand a cite that all people have noses.

In any case, it seems to me that when dealing with a life sentence with the possibility of parole, multiple consecutive sentences make sense; it’s just another way of saying “life with no chance of parole for twice the normal minimum time.” If they’re concurrent sentences or sentences without the possibility of parole, it would seem to have no meaning save perhaps a symbolic meaning, such as three life sentences as punishment for a triple homicide.