Life imprisonment in Esquarium
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| Jurisdiction (link to details) | Life imprisonment | Minimum to serve before eligibility for requesting parole | Maximum length of sentence (under life) | Indefinite sentence (excl. preventive or psychiatric detainment) | Mandatory sentence | Possible other sentence | Young offenders | Pardon, amnesty, other release |
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 Xiaodong
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Yes | 15 years, 30 years, or never; set individually by judge | None | Yes | Murder, rape, child molestation, terrorism, espionage, attempted assassination of political figures, attempted coup, human trafficking, genocide | War crimes, mutiny, unlawful assembly, drug trafficking, attempted murder, attempted rape, aircraft hijacking, manslaughter, sabotage | under 16: Either transferred to a correctional facility or a psychiatric institution. If placed in a correctional faciity, can serve up to a maximum of 16 years; after which they can be transferred to a prison and their sentence extended indefinitely if deemed a threat to public safety. | Pardon or Compassionate Release by the Ministry of Justice with approval from the Supreme Judicial Yuan. |