Life imprisonment (Ajax)
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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 | Death penalty |
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Ghant | No, except for crimes against humanity | Varies, depending on sentence | 50 years for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. 25 years for other crimes, can be extended by increments of up to 5 years if an individual is still considered a "threat to public safety". | No | No life imprisonment sentence | No life imprisonment sentence | under 15: Up to 10 years; can be extended with increments of up to 5 years if the offender is still deemed a "threat to public safety" | No life imprisonment sentence | No |
Kayahallpa | Yes | Never or individually set by judge, depending on the crime | None | Yes | None | Various | under 16: Detention for an indeterminate period | By Supreme Leader | Yes |
Ottonia | No | - | - | Yes, for "habitually-and-pathologically-violent" offenders who cannot safely reenter society, maximum sentences of 30 years may be renewed for increments of 2 years at a time indefinitely until the offender dies or is considered sufficiently rehabilitated to reenter society. | None | - | under 16: Rehabilitation sentences end at age 16 for re-sentencing based on rehabilitative progress. | By the executive of the relevant Constituent Republic. | No |