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This is a list of longest prison sentences ever given to a single person, worldwide. Listed are instances where people have been sentenced to jail terms in excess of a human lifetime, but effectively the same purpose. Note that many national legislations worldwide do not allow for such sentences.
NameSentence StartSentence TermCountry1989141,078 yearsOthman El Gnaoui200742,924 years200742,922 yearsEmilio Suárez Trashorras200734,715 years- Chamoy Thipyaso. Length: 141,078 years. Year Sentenced: 1989. Location: Thailand. Type of Crime: Fraud. Chamoy Thipyaso received the longest prison sentence recorded in the world.
- Otman el-Gnaoui, Jamal Zougam and Emilio Suarez Trashorras. Length: 42,924 years. Year Sentenced: 2007. Location: Spain. Type of Crime: Mass Murder, Terrorism.
- Charles Scott Robinson. Length: 30,000 years. Year Sentenced: 1994. Location: USA. Type of Crime: Child Abuse. Charles Scott Robinson got the longest prison sentence ever doled out to a single criminal on multiple counts in the United States.
- Allan Wayne McLaurin and Darron Bennalford Anderson. Length: 21,000 years. Year Sentenced: 1994. Location: USA. Type of Crime: Child Abuse.
This is a list of longest prison sentences served by a single person, worldwide, without a period of freedom followed by a second conviction.
NameSentence StartSentence EndSentence DurationWalter H. Bourque Jr.December 11, 1955ongoing68 years, 322 daysSeptember 5, 1911May 7, 198068 years, 245 daysJohn PhillipsJuly 17, 1952March 9, 202168 years, 236 daysDecember 18, 1953February 11, 202167 years, 54 days- Patricia Krenwinkel. The time Patricia Krenwinkel has served behind bars doesn't come within decades of the longest-serving inmates. Her case is still worth talking about, though, as she's one of the longest-serving female inmates in the country.
- Howard Christensen. When Howard Christensen died in 1999, he'd spent the last three years of his life in a nursing home. Prior to that, The Dispatch-Argus reported that he'd been the longest-serving prisoner in the country, after starting his jail term with a murder conviction when he was just 17 years old.
- Richard Honeck. Richard Honeck's confession was recorded in the September 5, 1899 issue of The New York Times, which — in a surprisingly brief blurb — described the murder that had been years in the making.
- William Heirens. In 1945, Chicago became the site of some grisly murders: Josephine Ross was killed first, and when Francis Brown was discovered, law enforcement found something else.
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Jan 12, 2021 · The world's longest non-life sentence, according to the "Guinness Book of Records", was imposed on Thai pyramid scheme fraudster Chamoy Thipyaso, who was jailed for 141,078 years in 1989.
