Serial Killer Sentencing
The United States does not have a specific guideline to sentencing serial killers. When a serial killer gets caught, they will be charged with murder and if convicted they can get life in prison or receive capital punishment, depending on which state the murders took place. Below are several examples of how a serial killer may be sentenced in different states. For every victim a serial killer kills, the offender will be charged for every murder. For example, if a serial killer kills five victims, the offender could get five life sentences or five death sentences depending on the evidence and the state that they killed in.
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