natural life sentence in English

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          "ref": "2016, Peter Hodgkinson, The International Library of Essays on Capital Punishment, volume 1, Routledge",
          "text": "Justice Kennedy's opinion toyed with the notion that for adolescents, a natural life sentence is on the same proportionality plane as a death sentence.",
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        "A life sentence without the possibility of parole, commutation etc."
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        "(law) A life sentence without the possibility of parole, commutation etc."
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"natural life sentence" meaning in English

Noun