What does this mean exactly? That people usually get paroled after 16 years? Or does it mean that the average sentence is 16 years when life is requested?
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment serve an average of 16 years, more for cases considered to be particularly grave. The only example in modern times of an individual serving significantly more than 16 years in prison is Palle Sørensen, who served 33 years for a quadruple police murder.
So I guess it's a parole, then (which cannot happen until 12 years into the sentence).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_Denmark
>Despite being a peaceful prisoner, he was considered the most dangerous convict in Denmark for many years, and police unions pressured the authorities to grant him neither parole nor pardon.
In Scandinavia cops get their own separate justice system too.
The averages very strongly suggest that he spent an unusually long time in prison because he killed cops, of course I may be missing out on some key details here.
> Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his submarine.
So I'm not sure he will be paroled after ~16 years?
So no parole but a pardon.
The queen can grant a pardon, but that is separate from the parole hearings. Pardon means the convicted is absolved of the crime, parole just means the convicted is released before time. Or do I have it backwards?
It should be noted that that if you kill a police office and get a life sentence, the you will stay in prison for a VERY long time.