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it amazes me that there should be any decision at such an early stage on whether he should be eligible for parole in the future
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That's because there isn't such a decision, if you read it correctly. It's at what time in the future he'll be *considered* for parole, there's no guarantee that he'll get parole in, say, 35 years if the judge decides to change the trial judge's whole life decision to 35 years. It's quite possible they'd look at him and go 'Nope, you're staying inside'.
If the appeal judge upholds the whole life sentence, then that's what he'll get. Incidentally, he pleaded guilty to the crimes.
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Life imprisonment should mean exactly that - life
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The sentence should be whatever the judge deems appropriate. In this case, it was a whole life sentence. Perhaps rebranding is necessary here.