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In a courtroom, few moments are as stark and unsettling as hearing a sentence that stretches far beyond a human lifespan.
Across the United States and around the world, some criminal cases result in sentences measured not in decades, but in centuries — symbolic measures of society’s judgment.
Yet deeply controversial in how they intersect with justice, rehabilitation and human rights. It’s true that courts have, on occasion, imposed sentences totaling…
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