HaraKiriBlade
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Hello,
What exactly is the "automatic" life sentence? I used to think the term was self-explanatory, but I'm reading an article about honor killing and now I'm not quite sure anymore whether I accurately understand the term. In the text, a Pakistani girl is killed by her own father and brother, and the judge overseeing the case slaps them with the "automatic sentence of life" in prison.
What I don't understand about it, though, is that the two pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, which again brings to my question: What exactly is the automatic life sentence? Is second-degree murder grave enough to warrant a life sentence?
I did some googling and I see the "mandatory" life sentence as somewhat of a contrasting term. Are they?
- HKB
What exactly is the "automatic" life sentence? I used to think the term was self-explanatory, but I'm reading an article about honor killing and now I'm not quite sure anymore whether I accurately understand the term. In the text, a Pakistani girl is killed by her own father and brother, and the judge overseeing the case slaps them with the "automatic sentence of life" in prison.
What I don't understand about it, though, is that the two pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, which again brings to my question: What exactly is the automatic life sentence? Is second-degree murder grave enough to warrant a life sentence?
I did some googling and I see the "mandatory" life sentence as somewhat of a contrasting term. Are they?
- HKB