Prisoners who spent a record number of years in prison (11 photos)

The justice system is designed in such a way that each crime has its own punishment: from administrative fines to imprisonment. And for especially serious offenses, a life sentence is given (except for those countries where the death penalty has not yet been abolished).





10th place. William Heirens



Joe Migon/Illinois Department of Corrections

Term: 65 years, 6 months (1946-2012) Crime: serial murders

The press gave him the nickname "the lipstick killer" after the message left by the victim.

9th place. Warren Nutter





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Term of imprisonment: 65 years, 10 months and 6 days (1956-2021) Crime: robbery, murder of a police officer

Escaped the death penalty and died in prison in 2021.

8th place. Sammy Robinson



Caddo Correctional Center/NBC

Term of imprisonment: 66 years and 85 days (1953-2019) Crime: rape, murder in prison

The first conviction was later overturned, since at that time (1953) Sammy was not provided with legal assistance, as a result of which he did not even have the opportunity to justify himself.

7th place. Johnson Van Dyke Grigsby



Mike Dash

Term of imprisonment: 66 years and 123 days (1908-1974) Crime: murder during a fight

6th place. Joe Ligon



Pennsylvania Department of Corrections/Michael S. Williamson

Term of imprisonment: 67 years and 54 days (1953-2021) Crime: murder, drunken assault

Was sentenced to life imprisonment at 15 years.

5th place. Walter H. Burke, Jr.



Mike Dash

Term of Sentence: 68 Years, 10 Days (December 11, 1955 - Present) Crime: Murder with Particular Cruelty

4th Place. John Phillips



North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives

Term of imprisonment: 68 years, 7 months, and 23 days (1952-2021) Crime: rape

The press is popularly of the opinion that this man is most likely innocent, since people with mental retardation (John Phillips' official diagnosis) are prone to false testimony and are susceptible to influence.

3rd place. Paul Heidel Jr.



Fishkill Correctional Institute

Term of imprisonment: 68 years, 8 months and 2 days (1911-1980) Crime: robbery and murder

2nd place. Francis Clifford Smith



Jared Charney

Term of imprisonment: 70 years and 31 days (1950-2020) Crime: robbery and murder

In 2020, he was transferred to a nursing home.

1st place. Charles Fussard



Melbourne Police Department

Term of imprisonment: 70 years and 303 days (1903-1974) Crime: robbery and murder

He spent most of his imprisonment in the J. Ward Psychiatric Hospital in Australia. He was 91-92 years old at the time of his death.