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The Longest Sentences Handed Out to Fraudsters
Messing with the law in America can lead to terrible results, particularly for those who commit massive fraud.
Some states still have the death penalty for the most severe crimes, and some incredibly long sentences have been handed out.
The Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols holds the record for the longest sentence after being convicted of 161 counts of first-degree murder, first-degree arson, and conspiracy by the state court of Oklahoma.
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His 161 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole are seen as one of the longest sentences ever handed out in the world.
The official Guinness World Record is that of Dudley Wayne Kyzer, jailed for 10,000 years for killing his wife in 1981.
He also received further sentences for killing his mother-in-law and a college student.
Very serious crimes also occur in business, with massive frauds causing the collapse of giant corporations and enriching the people involved at their expense.
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