Jim is serving a Life-Sentence from next week. He's getting married
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Any amount of prison time which totals more than 2/3 of an offenders life, but is not continous.
"Yea, this dirtbag has been in and out of prison since he was 13 and he's getting locked up again for 10 years now. Serving that life sentence on an installment plan like lay-away life sentence bro!"
When the judge sentences a convice to life in prison, but the sentence allows for parole or early release after a number of years.
Convicted murderer to public defender: "You did nothin' for me man... I'll spend my entire life in prison!"
Public defender to convicted murderer: "Chill dude, you'll be out in eight years... judge gave you a life-lie sentence!"