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indeterminate sentence

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indeterminate
adjective
uk /ˌɪn.dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nət/ us /ˌɪn.dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nət/
not measured, counted, or ...
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sentence
noun[C]
uk /ˈsen.təns/ us /ˈsen.təns/
a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter ...
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They gave us evidence of the unsettling effects of the indeterminatesentence on life prisoners.
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The only indeterminatesentence of imprisonment for an adult is life imprisonment, to which parole does not apply.
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If there is such a case for an indeterminatesentence, why do we not call it a public safety sentence rather than a life sentence?
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The essential implication of the indeterminatesentence is that it commits us to a particular objective in sentencing.
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Following licence revocation each has resumed the status of an indeterminatesentence prisoner.
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A presumption in favour of an indeterminatesentence is a far cry from an automatic sentence with exceptions only for genuine, very special, exceptional circumstances.
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I was very glad indeed to see the indeterminatesentence excluded from it.
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It is an indeterminatesentence which nobody can understand.
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I heard nothing which indicated that there was to be a new form of indeterminatesentence to deal with this problem.
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The maximum period is of course life, which we already have in the form of a special type of indeterminatesentence.
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I do not believe the indeterminatesentence is any good without these two things.
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It will become the only alternative to the indeterminatesentence.
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During the last three years compassionate home leave was granted on 340 occasions to both determinate and indeterminatesentence prisoners.
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This matter of the indeterminatesentence is undoubtedly one which is disliked by large numbers of people in this country.
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The central feature is the indeterminatesentence of borstal training—a sentence ranging from six months to two years.
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It proves that one should give a life or an indeterminatesentence for all serious crimes of violence whether they result in death or not.
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The number who returned at the required date and time was 436, including all the indeterminatesentence prisoners.
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It is an indeterminatesentence, containing within it a fixed term.
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I was then committed to this institution at the 1979 general election on an indeterminatesentence.
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It is not certain that this indeterminatesentence will necessarily reform.
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