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Kim Wall murder: Danish inventor Peter Madsen given life sentence

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I would hope he serves more than 16 years.

 

"What does life imprisonment mean in Denmark?

 

Theoretically it means just that, but in reality life-term prisoners do not serve the sentence. Police killer Palle Sorensen, paroled in 1998 after 32 years, and Naum Conevski, jailed in 1984 for killing two young men, are unusual in having served considerably more than the average of about 16 years.

 

Sorensen died earlier this year. Conevski is still in jail.

 

The sentence range for murder starts at five years and runs to life.

 

One study shows the number of life-termers in Danish prisons increased from 10 in 1997 to 25 in 2013. The 2015 study said only every fifth or sixth murder convict was serving life..."

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43894495?SThisFB

 

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