Life imprisonment is the most severe criminal sentence available to the courts in Australia. Most cases attracting the sentence are murder. It is also imposed, albeit rarely, for sexual assault, manufacturing and trafficking commercial quantities of illicit drugs, and offences against the justice system and government security.
As of 2022, there are 418 prisoners in Australia serving a life sentence.[1]
^"Table 12, Sentenced Prisoners". Prisoners in Australia, 2022. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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