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It's a life sentence. Is there anything harsher short of the death penalty?

Of course, life in prison in solitude confinement. And if you went to other parts of the world, well, best not say what can happen

A judge can't sentence that, and it's generally considered to violate the 8th amendment. So also not in PA.

He didn’t ask if it was legal. He asked what was worse