We used to have such phony life sentences. Most states eliminated them after popular protest. So even if no death penalty the man stays in prison for good. You need the death penalty that most sober minded American states have. Stupid self glorifying liberals always try to eliminate the death penalty to show how morally superior they are. When reality is they are morally inferior and mock the victims &victim's family who never see proper justice meted out.
"Those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind"
From internet:
A panel of German judges sentenced Hammadi to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 15 years. Victoria Toensing, a former Justice Department official in the Reagan administration who oversaw efforts to extradite Hammadi in 1987, said German authorities threw obstacles in the way of U.S. prosecutors at that time and only reluctantly cooperated. "They were not open at all," she recalled. "We knew he would be released early, way back then."
I disagree with your comments about the death penalty. As a Christian, I don´t believe in revenge through death. And our constitution forbids the death penalty explicitly. I think it´s a good thing. A Governor in the US has ordered a DNA test for an executed. It will show us whether an innocent man was killed by the state.
However, I believe in lifelong imprisonment. Really, really, really lifelong. :)