[nmh]

So in the U.S. she would get life?

[hershey]

Let's see, that man in North Carolina got 39 years for stealing a black and white tv set. He applied for parole 26 times and was turned down. Murderers were let out after 8 years. There's some talk about his having beat up a very old lady when he stole the tv set, which may be why his sentence was beyond comprehension. And maybe he never said he was sorry.