In Denmark, a life sentence (Danish: Livsvarigt fængsel) is the most severe punishment available under the Penal Code, and is reserved for the most serious...

Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which the convicted criminal is to remain in prison for the rest of their natural life...

and sentenced to life imprisonment. Madsen was born in 1971 to Annie and Carl Madsen. He spent his early life in Sæby and Høng (both in Kalundborg Municipality)...

Indian serial killer currently serving a life sentence in Denmark for the double murder of his wife and her child in 1999, which he committed while on the...

26 May 1955 as Helge Seth Nielsen) is a Danish-Greenlandic murderer, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1986 by the Østre Landsret for the murder...

recently Thomas Kristian Olesen, is a Danish serial killer who, on March 15, 2001, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Østre Landsret for a triple...

with Sørensen turning himself in, commenting "[I] made the mistake of [my] life." Sørensen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 24 August 1966. Despite...

Østerbro" [28-year-old James Schmidt is sentenced to life imprisonment for murders in Østerbro] (in Danish). DR. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022...

rebellion to Norway, he was arrested and lived the rest of his life imprisoned in Denmark. He was the son of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, and...

offender. Christensen was sentenced to life imprisonment, and is serving it at the Herstedvester prison in Denmark. He was also sentenced to pay the families...

sentenced to life imprisonment. Madsen appealed his sentence and on 26 September Østre Landsret, High Court of Eastern Denmark, upheld the sentence. In August...

30 March 1981) was a Danish-American serial killer and necrophile from Solvang, California. He committed his first three murders in late 1976 and early...

punished with imprisonment for up to four years. Euthanasia is defined as killing somebody on their definite request and is punished with imprisonment for up...

The Danish Penal Code, also known as the Danish Criminal Code (Danish: Straffeloven), is the codification of and the foundation of criminal law in Denmark...

the largest religion in Denmark. As of 2024, 71.2% of the population of Denmark were registered members of the Church of Denmark (Den Danske Folkekirke)...

in the United Kingdom and Denmark. In 1980 he was convicted of two counts of manslaughter and sentenced to three life sentences. He was released in 1994...

execution of Struensee and the banishment and imprisonment of her mother, she was raised at the Danish court residing at Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen...

Danish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights are some of the most extensive in the world. In 2023, ILGA-Europe ranked Denmark...

Valjakkala outside the cemetery. Valjakkala and Routalammi were caught in Odense, Denmark just over a week later. At the trial the two defendants blamed each...

in Denmark nine years later; sentenced to life imprisonment. Dagmar Overbye: childcare provider who killed between nine and twenty-five children in her...

retrial in May 2006, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Because of his acts, Meiwes is also known as the Rotenburg Cannibal...

sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 15 years (released in 1954) Josef Altstötter – Guilty, sentenced to five years' imprisonment Wilhelm von Ammon...

death in one of the most noted trials in Danish history—one that changed legislation on childcare. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison...

Denmark Vesey (also Telemaque) (c. 1767–July 2, 1822) was a free Black man and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina, who was accused and convicted...

Capital Territory; 25 years' imprisonment in the Northern Territory, Victoria, and Tasmania; and life imprisonment in Queensland. In regards to sex offender...

Denmark and Norway, from 1513 until 1523, and Sweden from 1520 until 1521. From 1513 to 1523, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig and Holstein in joint...

request to vary the order of arguments in the appeal brief. On 30 January 2015 he was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2020, his request for early release...

were commuted to life imprisonment and both women were released in 1956. In 2005 the Danish government formally apologized for its role in aiding the Nazis...

Stalked in the Blackout Murder". The Sydney Sun. 22 February 1942. Retrieved 30 June 2020. "Neighbour killer Andrew Dawson given whole life term". BBC...

treating any national flag in a disrespectful manner is a felony. Offenders can face up to one year of imprisonment. In Denmark, it is legal to burn or desecrate...