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DescriptionLifeSentenceMapNew.svg	English: Life imprisonment laws. Life imprisonment sentence is used Life imprisonment sentence is used only under certain restrictions Life imprisonment laws have been abolished or there have never been such laws Life imprisonment status unknown, presumed legal
Date	28 August 2011
Source	This file was derived from: BlankMap-World-Microstates.svg LifeSentenceMapNew.png
Author	User:Derfel73; User:NuclearVacuum; User:Wikinv; User:Jklamo; User:Niikon

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:52, 15 October 2025	2,560 × 1,314 (1.07 MB)	GumballNine1Nine	Added San Marino: https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/0/5/68298.pdf
	16:50, 15 October 2025	2,560 × 1,314 (1.07 MB)	GumballNine1Nine	Added isle of man https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/departments/home-affairs/isle-of-man-prison-and-probation-service/addressing-offending-behaviour/probation-and-custody/
	12:58, 13 October 2025	2,560 × 1,314 (1.07 MB)	GumballNine1Nine	Corrected Macao as it doesn't have life sentence
	23:09, 28 June 2020	2,560 × 1,314 (1.07 MB)	Leeyc0	show hk and mo
	09:56, 23 May 2019	2,560 × 1,314 (1.11 MB)	IoannesII	Serbia Update
	11:37, 6 May 2019	2,560 × 1,314 (1.11 MB)	BorysMapping	Completed map
	10:55, 22 April 2019	2,560 × 1,314 (1.1 MB)	BorysMapping	+countries based on penal codes
	09:14, 22 March 2018	2,560 × 1,314 (1.06 MB)	Fibonacci	Updated map with information found at en:Life imprisonment
	14:34, 19 May 2017	863 × 443 (1.41 MB)	BegbertBiggs	Belarus has restrictions, similar to Russia. [http://belhelcom.org/en/topic-material/life-imprisonment-belarus-basic-facts]
	02:54, 6 October 2016	863 × 443 (1.42 MB)	Offnfopt	made change to mexico per C:COM:GL/MAP request