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Why Does the US Sentence People to Hundreds of Years in Prison?

Darryl K. Brown | August 6, 2019 | Sentencing

On July 15, a Virginia judge sentenced James Fields Jr. to a life sentence, plus 419 years, for killing Heather Heyer at the 2017 Charlottesville white nationalist rally by ramming his car into a crowd.Some may wonder about the point of a centuries-long sentence – far...

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