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by ggggtez 2175 days ago
In the US, it's possible to be let out of jail for a life sentence in only 7 years, when you account for parole.

Judges are elected officials, so sometimes they like to make a nice big show of giving out a 1000 year sentence to appease the masses, when "life in prison without parole" would have done the same job.