Want to find out about the world’s 5 longest prison sentences? This article will help you to know all the details. The crime rate in the world keeps increasing and decreasing from time to time. However, justice and jurisdiction do their job very well and ensure that all convicted get what they deserve. Based on the crime, most… Read More »

Want to find out about the world’s 5 longest prison sentences? This article will help you to know all the details.

The crime rate in the world keeps increasing and decreasing from time to time. However, justice and jurisdiction do their job very well and ensure that all convicted get what they deserve. Based on the crime, most of the convicted get what they deserve. However, there are some cases where the convicted got a long sentence.

Some of these sentences go far beyond the general lifespan of a human. Mostly, criminals with horrible crimes are given such sentences. The long sentences are given to make sure they do not come out of jail and do not hope to get out anytime soon. We will be talking about some of the longest sentences in this article.

Here is the list of the longest sentence given below in detail.

Top 5 Longest Prison Sentences

As mentioned above, we are going to talk about the longest prison sentence served. Although there are plenty of cases to tell in detail, we have handpicked 5 top among them and explained them in detail to help you out.

1. Chamoy Thipyaso

This is the longest known sentence in the world in the record. Chamoy Thipyaso received a sentence of 141,078 years in prison sentence in 1989. Due to fraud, she got this prison sentence in Thailand. She frauded nearly 16,000 people based on a pyramid scream in Thailand.

She was able to sustain the scheme for a long time, and the total worth of the scheme was valued when she was caught at near $200-300 million. There were 7 others who got convicted of corporate fraud with her. One of the reasons she thought she could pull the scheme off was because she connected to the Thailand Petroleum Authority, and her husband was a Royal Air Force member.

2. Otman el-Gnaoui, Jamal Zougam, And Emilio Suarez Trashorras

Second, on our list is this trio who was sentenced to 42,924 years in Spain. They are convinced of terrorism and mass murder in 2007. They are the mastermind of the 2004 Madrid bombings that caused 191 casualties and harmed more than 1800 people.

This attack is known to be the worth terrorist attack by Islamists in Europe. They have planted bombs in four different places. Gnaoui and Zougam are believed to plant the bombs, and there were some other suicide bombers. They are still serving the prison sentence and will continue to do so till death.

3. Charles Scott Robinson

Charles Scott Robinson is another criminal who got the longest sentence. He was given a total of 30,000 years sentence for six different counts of sexual assault on a three-year-old girl. He got sentenced in 1994 in the USA for child abuse and still spending his life in prison. Oklahoma is very well known for providing tough sentences.

When it came to the case of Charles Scott Robinson, they did the same and provided a long sentence to him. The court gave all the sentences consecutively to make sure that he did not get to walk free again. The sentence is the longest recorded sentence that was given as an appeal result.

4. Allan Wayne McLaurin And Darron Bennalford Anderson

Next on the list of the longest sentence, we have the case of Allan Wayne And Darron Bennlford. These two criminals are known for getting 21,000 years of sentence for child abuse. They committed a series of crimes that included sexual assault on an elderly woman for several hours, and they later rammed the car of the woman off the road in the Tulsa Country.

Some of their other crimes include larceny, kidnapping, robbery, and others. McLaurin appealed after getting the sentence and got 500 years reduced from the total sentence. Anderson also appealed but got reconvicted and received another 9,500 years added with the existing sentence.

5. Dudley Wayne Kyzer

Last but not least, this is the longest sentence ever in the world. Dudley Wayne Kyzer received 10,000 years of the longest sentence and three life sentences. He got sentenced in both 1977, and 1981 for committing murder in the USA. The man was described as a “Born Killer” by one of the prosecutors. Continue Reading About Manslaughter Vs Murders.

He murdered the whole family, including his mother-in-law, an innocent college student, and an estranged wife. He was actually sentenced to death by the electric chair in 1977. However, later it was changed, and he received more than 10,000 years of the sentence.

Conclusion

You might not be aware of the fact, but there are plenty of criminals who got high years of prison sentences for committing crimes. If you are here, you want to find out about them and learn the details. In this article, you will be able to find the top 5 longest sentence list in the world. Make sure to go through each of them to find all the information. If you like this article, share it with others.


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Updated On 12 Jan 2022 5:44 AM IST
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