Life sentences do not always mean life in prison without parole. People with 1 life sentence can get out well before their death if they are paroled. By giving 2 consecutive life sentences, the person begins serving the 2nd one as soon as paroled for the first, thereby making it closer to an actual life sentence.
For skewed distributions, it is quite common to have one tail of the distribution considerably longer or drawn out relative to the other tail. A skewed right distribution is one in which the tail is on the right side. A skewed left distribution is one in which the tail is on the left side. The above histogram is for a distribution that is skewed right. Skewed distributions bring a certain philosophical complexity to the very process of estimating a typical value for the distribution.
called ânew federalism,â represents an attempt to decentralize responsibili-ties to state-local orders of government with a view to overcoming regional and local discontent with central policies. This view is the driving force be-hind the current interest in principles of federalism in unitary countries