Life imprisonment is a term used for a sentence of imprisonment. The effect of such a sentence is different in each jurisdiction. Life in prison is known by others as a humane alternative to the death penalty for the most serious crimes such as murder, terrorism, etc. A formerly used form of life imprisonment was Immurement.
l aɪ f WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ m p ɹ ɪ z ə n m ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY t ɜː m WORD_BOUNDARY j uː z d WORD_BOUNDARY f ə ɹ ɹ ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ n t ə n s WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ m p ɹ ɪ z ə n m ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ f ɛ k t WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY s ʌ t̠ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ n t ə n s WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY d ɪ f ɹ ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY iː t̠ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY d̠ʒ ʊ ɹ ɹ ɪ s d ɪ k ʃ ə n WORD_BOUNDARY l aɪ f WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY p ɹ ɪ z ə n WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY n oʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY b aɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ ð ə ɹ z WORD_BOUNDARY æ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY h j uː m eɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ l t ɜː n ə t ɪ v WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY d ɛ θ WORD_BOUNDARY p ɛ n ə l t i WORD_BOUNDARY f ə ɹ ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY m oʊ s t WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ ɹ i ə s WORD_BOUNDARY k ɹ aɪ m z WORD_BOUNDARY s ʌ t̠ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY m ɜː d ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY t ɛ ɹ ə ɹ ɹ ɪ z ə m WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ t s ɛ t ɹ ə WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ m ə ɹ l i WORD_BOUNDARY j uː z d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ m WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY l aɪ f WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ m p ɹ ɪ z ə n m ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ m j ʊ ɹ m ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY