Listed are instances where people have been sentenced to jail terms in excess of a human lifetime. Many national legislations worldwide do not allow for such sentences. Since the sentence given is not necessarily equivalent to time served, see the list for those who have spent the longest continuous time in prison.
About List of longest prison sentences in brief
This is a list of longest prison sentences ever given to a single person, worldwide. Listed are instances where people have been sentenced to jail terms in excess of a human lifetime. Many national legislations worldwide do not allow for such sentences.
Since the sentence given is not necessarily equivalent to time served, see the list for those who have spent the longest continuous time in prison.
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This page is based on the article List of longest prison sentences published in Wikipedia (as of Dec. 23, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.