List of longest prison sentences

Name Sentence
start Sentence term Country Description Incarceration Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski 2023 707 years and 8 months to life  United States Molested 16 boys aged 2 to 14 in California.^[1] Sierra Conservation Center – Jamestown, California Tyrone Lavono Williams 2021 480 years to life Habitual sex offender in California who violated the terms by going near children and raping many of them.^[2] California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison – Corcoran, California Colin Ferguson 1995 315 years and 8 months to life Perpetrator of the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting in New York.^[3] Mid-State Correctional Facility – Marcy, New York Chauncey Price 2017 304 years to life Human trafficker convicted of Violation of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, trafficking a minor for sexual servitude, human trafficking for sexual servitude, attempt to commit pimping of a child, attempt to commit patronizing a prostituted child, pandering of a child, possession of a forged instrument, possession of a forged device, two counts of pimping, and three counts of forgery. According to Colorado Department of Corrections, he received two sentences of 96 years, one sentence of 64 years, and one sentence of 48 years and a life sentence.^[4] Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility – Ordway, Colorado Brendan O'Rourke 2012 189 years to life Sentenced for shooting at an elementary school in Carlsbad, California, injuring two second grade girls.^[5] California Institution for Men – Chino, California James Timothy McCarthy 2012 182 years to life Convicted of numerous acts of child sexual abuse in California, including continuous sexual abuse of one child. Sentenced to 32 years in prison followed by 150 to life.^[6] Correctional Training Facility – Soledad, California Richard Allen Minsky 2001 146 years to life Used car salesman charged with over 80 counts including rape, assault, battery, extortion, grand theft, larceny, lewd and lascivious behavior, oral copulation, sexual assault, sexual battery, sodomy, and prison escape. Also committed scams in California, Florida (where he was arrested after being featured in America's Most Wanted), Georgia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.^[7] California Men's Colony – San Luis Obispo, California Donald Linville 2017 121 years to life Convicted of filming himself having sex with multiple females, including a 15-year-old, who didn't know they were being recorded.^[8] Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence, Arizona

Name Sentence start Sentence term Country Description Chamoy Thipyaso 1989 141,078 years  Thailand World's longest sentence for corporate fraud according to Guinness World Records 2006. Also the longest, non-life, officially confirmed sentence ever handed in the world. She defrauded more than 16,000 Thais in a pyramid scheme worth $204 million at the time.^[9] However, the Thai law of the time specified that those convicted of fraud could not serve more than 20 years in prison and her mandatory release was 2009, she was paroled after only eight.^[10] Mehmet Aydın 2025 45,376 years, 6 months  Turkey Mehmet Aydın and his brother Fatih Aydın were sentenced for their roles in an online Ponzi scheme, they asked to be sentenced to 25,699 to 85,646 years in prison for victimizing 4,582 people by “Fraud through information systems” through Ponzi scheme game "Farm bank" or in the original name "Çiftlik bank".^[11] Fatih Aydın Othman El Gnaoui 2007 42,924 years  Spain Sentenced for their roles in the 2004 Madrid train bombings.^[12] Under Spanish law, the maximum sentence that any of them can serve is 40 years. The release date is scheduled for March 19, 2044, for El Gnaoui. Both Zougam and Trashorras will be released 17 days before El Gnaoui. Zougam will be 71 years old, El Gnaoui will be 69 years old, and Trashorras would be 67 years old.^[13] It is the longest non-life, officially confirmed sentence ever handed in the European Union. Jamal Zougam 42,922 years Emilio Suárez Trashorras 34,715 years Charles Scott Robinson 1994 30,000 years  United States Longest jail term to a single American on multiple counts. Also the longest sentence ever handed in the United States. Robinson was sentenced to 5,000 years for each of the six counts against him for raping a 3-year-old girl in Oklahoma.^[14] Allan Wayne McLaurin 20,750 years Accomplice of Darron Bennalford Anderson. Upon appeal, his sentence was reduced by 500 years.^[15] Pudit Kittithradilok 2017 13,275 years  Thailand Convicted of 2,653 counts of fraud. He admitted running a Ponzi scheme whereby he promised investors artificially high financial returns. About 40,000 people were persuaded to pour more than $160m (£120m) into his companies. Prosecutors told the court that Kittithradilok organised seminars where attendees were encouraged to invest in what he said were businesses linked to property development, beauty, used cars and exports, among other things. They recommended 5 years for each count and an additional 10 years. Totalling, 13,275 years. Due to his confession, his sentence was halved to 6,637 years and six months. Under Thailand law, a convicted fraudster cannot serve above 20 years. He will be released in 2037.^[16] Darron Bennalford Anderson 1994 11,750 years  United States Greatest amount of jail time given as a result of an appeal. Found guilty of crimes ranging from rape of an elderly woman in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, to larceny, robbery and kidnapping, and sentenced to 2,250 years. He appealed, was reconvicted, re-sentenced and received an additional jail term of 9,500 years, later reduced by 500 years.^[17][15] Faruk Fatih Özer 2023 11,196 years  Turkey Cryptocurrency trader convicted of fraud. Owner of Thodex.^[18] Güven Özer Brothers and employees of Faruk Fatih Özer, convicted of crimes including fraud associated with the company's collapse.^[19] Serap Özer

Name Sentence start Sentence term Country Description Adnan Oktar a.k.a. Harun Yahya 2022 8,658 years  Turkey Televangelist and cult leader. Nation's longest sentence for fraud and sexual abuse commitment according to TRT. Originally sentenced to 1,075 years.^[20] On November 17, 2022, he was retried and sentenced to 8,658 years.^[21] Rigoberto Vazquez Hernandez 2013 7,000 years  United States Perpetrator of a 2013 triple homicide outside of a nightclub in Dallas where he shot three people point blank.^[22] Feanyichi Ezekwesi Uvukansi 2012 Perpetrator of 2012 shooting outside a southwest Houston nightclub that left three people dead and two others injured, including rapper Trae tha Truth.^[23][24] Carlos Antonio Carias López 2011 6,060 years  Guatemala Former soldiers sentenced for their roles in the 1982 Dos Erres massacre.^[25][26] Daniel Martínez Martínez Reyes Collin Gualip Manuel Pop Woodrow Holmes Ransonette 1973 5,005 years  United States Pair of brothers given 5,005 years each in Dallas, Texas for the kidnapping of Amanda Mayhew Dealey, the daughter-in-law of Joe Dealey, the then-President of the Dallas News. The brothers had kept Dealey in an abandoned duplex for 60 hours and released her after her family paid a ransom of $250,000. The brothers were arrested, and the money recovered, just four hours after her release.^[27][28][29] Woodrow Ransonette was released on parole in 1999, and Franklin Ransonette died in prison in 2008.^[30] Franklin Joseph Ransonette Henri Parot 1990 4,797 years  Spain ETA member found guilty of 26 murders and 166 attempted murders between 1978 and 1990. Julio Gonzalez 1991 4,350 years  United States Perpetrator of the 1990 Happy Land fire in which 87 people died. The amount of years Gonzalez was sentenced to comes from the 174 counts he was found guilty of, each of which carried at least 25 years, and was denied parole in 2015.^[31] He died of a heart attack the following year.^[32] James Kevin Pope 2008 4,060 years Sexually assaulted three teenage girls over two years. Convicted of 40 counts of sexual assault and 3 counts of sexual performance of a child. Given 40 sentences of 100 years (40 life terms) for sexual assault and 3 sentences of 20 years for child molestation. This is equivalent to 40 life terms plus 60 years.^[33] Currently incarcerated at W.J. Estelle Unit.^[34] Inés del Río Prada 1989 3,828 years  Spain Perpetrator of the Plaza República Dominicana bombing and other attacks by ETA. Released in 2013 after an attempt by the Spanish government to delay her release until 2017 was overruled by the European Court of Human Rights. Ronnie Shelton 3,195 years  United States Serial rapist known as Cleveland's "West Side Rapist", terrorized Ohioans for over 5 years in the 1980s, amassing 49 counts of rape and 230 criminal charges overall. Parole date was scheduled for 2094. Shelton committed suicide in prison on September 25, 2018.^[35] Matthew Perry 2023 3,000 years Convicted in Greene County, Pennsylvania for raping a young relative on a daily basis for at least 6 years.^[36] Terry Eugene Culley 1972 Convicted in Dallas of the murder of insurance broker Jean Geron.^[37] Larry D. Kiel 1992 2,501 years Kiel sold "a small amount" of cocaine to an undercover policeman in Oklahoma. After his arrest, 86 grams of cocaine, 40 grams of marijuana, and $1,800 was seized from his car. Kiel received 1,000 years for drug trafficking, 1,000 for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, 250 years for failure to have a tax stamp on the drugs, 250 years for maintaining a vehicle for illegal drugs, and 1 year for possession of drug paraphernalia, for a total of 2,501 years.^[38] Paroled on June 16, 2009. Robert Floyd Angle 1971 2,500 years Convicted of the murder of Jack Katz during the robbery of a car parts store in Dallas, Texas.^[39] Francisco Mujika Garmendia 2003 2,442 years  Spain Perpetrator of the 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing. Moses Sithole 1997 2,410 years, minimum 930 years  South Africa Serial killer responsible for most of the so-called "ABC Murders" in Gauteng province, South Africa. Found guilty of 40 counts of rape, 38 counts of murder, and six counts of robbery. José María Arregi Erostarbe 2003 2,354 years  Spain Perpetrator of the 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing. Antón Troitiño 1989 2,232 years Perpetrator of the Plaza República Dominicana bombing. Released in 2011. José Luis González González 2012 2,035 years  Mexico Businessman convicted of repeated fraud starting in 2000. Longest sentence ever handed in Mexico.^[40] Billie Glenn Woolsey 1988 2,000 years  United States Broke out of Alfalfa County jail in Oklahoma; Woolsey was being held on kidnap and rape charges, and Whitlock had been sentenced to 10 years for receiving stolen property. The men overpowered an officer and stole his police car, later abandoning the car but taking with them an AR-15 automatic rifle and an M-1 carbine, which they used to steal a pickup truck from an oil-field worker. When they were located two days later, they led police on a 32-mile high-speed chase through Bryan and Marshall Counties, exchanging gunfire with them. Two officers were shot, later making a full recovery, and one more was treated for injuries from broken glass. A Bryan County judge gave them 2,000 years each: 1,000 years for shooting with intent to kill, 500 years for possession of stolen property, and 500 years for running a roadblock. Tried separately in Marshall County, they additionally each received two life sentences and 20 years.^{[41][42][43][44]} Jackie Dean Whitlock Thomas Halliday 2013 1,870 years, minimum 935 years Convicted of 234 counts of sexual abuse in Pennsylvania, creating and possessing child pornography for abusing a teenage girl for four years, filming and photographing the abuse. Parole date scheduled in 2948.^[45] Luis Garavito 1999 1,853 years and 9 days  Colombia Colombian serial killer and rapist convicted of 138 murders. Lawrence Jacob Stephens 2001 1,823 years  United States For his part in a 2001 Virginia home invasion, Stephens was sentenced to 1,823 years and his co-defendant, Darnell Nolan, was sentenced to 35 years. In December 2021, Stephens was granted a conditional pardon by Governor Ralph Northam and his sentence was commuted. He was released in January 2022 after 20 years in prison, though the details of the pardon are currently unclear.^{[46][47][48][49][50]} Henri Parot 1994 1,802 years  Spain For his part in the 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing. Christopher Bennett 2003 1,800 years  United States Convicted of killing his stepfather in Virginia.^[51] Bentura Ruiz Flores 1971 Convicted of selling $20 worth of heroin to an undercover narcotics agent in Odessa, Texas.^[52][53] Ronald Yarber 2017 1,652 years^[54] Convicted of raping a disabled child over the course of twelve years.^{[citation needed]} Patricia Ayers 2014 1,590 years Convicted in Federal Court alongside her co-defendant Matthew Ayers of 53 counts of producing child pornography.^[55] Rene Lopez 2016 1,503 years Convicted of repeatedly raping his daughter over a four-year period in central California. Based on a diary in which she recorded the attacks, corroborated by other evidence, he was convicted of 186 separate assaults. He had rejected 13- and 22-year plea bargain deals, as he maintained his innocence.^[56] Antonio Rodriguez 1970 1,500 years Convicted in June 1970 of selling three capsules of heroin to an undercover cop in Dallas, Texas.^[57] Paroled in 1981.^[58] Marvín Abel Hernández Palacios 2025 1,335 years  El Salvador Member of a faction of MS-13 convicted of aggravated homicide, aggravated femicide, enforced disappearance, extortion, illicit trafficking, and illicit association.^[59] Wilmer Segovia 2023 1,310 years Member of a faction of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). Convicted of 33 murders and 9 attempted murders.^[60] Daryl Lamont Keener 2012 1,266 years  United States Convicted of 17 counts of aggravated robbery, 8 counts of robbery, and 1 count of weapons violation. He was given 17 64 year sentences and 8 24 year sentences totalling 1,256 years. Given another 10-year sentence.^[61] Sentenced to 6 years in 2003 for the bank robbery before. Juan Antonio Olarra Guridi 2007 1,243 years  Spain Perpetrators of the 1995 Vallecas bombing. They were expected to serve a maximum sentence of 30 years. Both to be released in 2037. Goñi will wait until he's nearly 67 years old. Guridi will wait until he's 70 years old. Ainhoa Múgica Goñi Cristian Alexander Vigil Campos 2023 1,216 years  El Salvador Gang member sentenced for committing 27 murders, planned and attempted homicides, and terrorism organization.^[62] James Arthur Guye 1971 1,205 years  United States Sentenced for the rape and robbery of a Dallas woman and the murder of another inmate while in prison. Released after 14 years.^[58] Richard Speck 1972 1,200 years, minimum 400 years Mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped, and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital on July 14, 1966. Sentenced originally to death in the electric chair in 1967, sentence commuted in 1972. Died of a heart attack on December 5, 1991. César Alfredo Romero Chávez 2022 1,090 years  El Salvador A leader of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) convicted of 24 counts of aggravated homicide between 2017 and 2018, being sentenced to 20 years for each case.^[63][64] Igor Portu 2010 1,040 years  Spain Perpetrators of the 2006 Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing. Mattin Sarasola Mikel San Sebastián Miguel Krassnoff 2025 1,022 years  Chile Military officer during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet who was convicted of more than 80 counts of kidnapping, torture and disappearance of persons, which occurred between 1974 and 1976.^[65][66] Efren Sanchez 2025 1,016 years  United States Attempted a mass shooting at a Colorado bar, firing a rifle at patrons and wounding two people.^[67] Jhonathan Osmín Gómez Granados 2023 1,008 years  El Salvador Gang member sentenced for aggravated homicide, aggravated extortion, and terrorism organization.^[62] Paul Edward Acton Bowen 2019  United States A former youth pastor who plead guilty to multiple child-sex crimes such as sexual abuse, sodomy, enticing a child for sex, and traveling to meet a child for sexual abuse which included 28 counts involving six boys between the ages of 13 and 16.^[68] Lee Robertson 1905 1,001 years A black man convicted in Texas of the attempted assault of Ella Robertson, a white woman.^[69][70] Larry Joe Knox 1970 Sentenced in March 1970 for the assault and rape of a 24-year-old telephone company employee.^[71] Paroled in 1983.^[58] Henry Brisbon 1977 1,000 to 3,000 years Robbed and murdered three people along Interstate 57 in Illinois in 1973, when he was 17 years old. His sentence was the longest given in Illinois at the time and was explicitly imposed because he could not receive the death penalty according to Furman v. Georgia. In 1982 he was sentenced to death for the murder of a fellow inmate in 1978, just 11 months into his sentence.^[72] Allen Brown 1903 1,000 years A black man convicted in Texas of attempted assault. Brown was also given an additional 25 years by a different jury for burglary.^[73] Joseph Franklin Sills 1970 Sentenced in February 1970 for the armed robbery of a dry cleaners in Dallas, which netted $73.10.^[74][75] Although at the time reported to be "probably the longest" sentence ever handed down in Texas,^[76] Lee Robertson's 1905 sentence of 1,001 years was longer. Sills' conviction was upheld on appeal.^[77] However, he was released in 1983 after serving 13 years.^[58] Harold Eugene Hill Sentenced in June 1970 in Dallas for rape. The Assistant District Attorney had asked for a sentence of 5,000 years.^[78] Ronald Lewis Jones, an accomplice to the crime, was given a life sentence.^[79] Hill was paroled in 1983.^[58] Jerry Lee Duffey Convicted of raping an eight-months-pregnant woman and stealing $3 from her purse. Given 500 years for rape and 500 for robbery with a dangerous weapon.^[80][81] In 1973, Duffey's sentence was reduced to two life terms.^[82] Herbert Fields Sentenced to 1,000 years each in Oklahoma for first degree rape; sentences upheld in 1972.^[83][84] A key witness in the case, Jesse Stewart, died at the time of the sentencing after suffering a broken leg in a motorcycle accident. Stewart had previously told assistant prosecutors that if he testified, he was "a dead man." However, prosecutors believed his death to be a "weird coincidence."^[85] Phillips sentence was commuted to 99 years in 1979 and Fields sentence was commuted to 99 years in 1980 by governor David Boren.^[86] Fields was released on March 22, 1989, and Phillips was released on January 10, 2013.^[87] Jimmy Phillips Eddie Ray Byrd 1971 Sentenced for beating a grocery store clerk with an iron bar before robbing the store. Byrd was already serving a different 101-year sentence for robbery, and shortly after a separate jury gave him an additional 10 years for assault with intent to rob.^[88] Carl Junior Hackathorn Sentenced for the 1963 murder of Bobbie Jewell Nuttycomb Smith.^[89] Hackathorn was originally given the death penalty in 1963, but this was overturned several years later and he was given a new trial, where he was given a term of 1,000 years. The names of the jury members were kept secret after an anonymous telephone caller to the Associated Press threatened to kill the jury members if Hackathorn were not found guilty.^[90][91] Hackathorn was paroled in 1976.^[92] Henry J. Bell 1972 A 19-year old convicted in Dallas, Texas of the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Prosecutors had asked for 3,000 years.^[93][94] Solomon James Henry A 19-year-old convicted in Houston, Texas of the rape of an 18-year old university student.^[95][96] William Curtis Griffin 1973 Convicted of stealing two credit cards and a penny, which occurred while he was paroled from seven life sentences.^[97][98] Eugene Spencer Jr. For the murder of San Antonio policeman Antonio Canales. Spencer was initially assessed a term of 10,000 years,^[99][100] and the New York Times reported him as receiving such a sentence.^[101] However, under state law, the judge's assessment was not equivalent to a final sentencing,^[102] and the amount of time was lowered to 1,000 years shortly after.^[103] Arthur Franklin 1984 Serial rapist convicted alongside Frankie Owens, who was sentenced to 500 years.^[104] Charles DeWayne Butler 1990 Sentenced for the kidnapping, rape, assault, and robbery of a 30-year-old woman in Hugo, Texas.^[105] Tommie Dean Henson 1991 For raping a 6-year-old girl. Convicted on two counts of rape, two counts of rape by instrumentation, and three counts of forcible sodomy.^[106] Christopher Campano 1994 Found guilty of first-degree manslaughter of his wife, Caren Campano, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1992.^[107] William Walter Schermerhorn 1997 Convicted of raping a 3-year-old girl. Given 500 years for lewd molestation and 500 years for producing child pornography.^[108] Discharged on August 15, 2022, according to the Oklahoma department of corrections website.^[109] William Wesley Wood 2005 Convicted of raping an under 12-year-old juvenile girl 10 times. District Attorney Doug Valeska said it is the longest sentence he can remember being handed down during his tenure. Wood had sex with the victim at least 10 times over a three-year period, according to court testimony. The defense argued during the trial that the victim lied and had told the judge at a preliminary hearing that the rapes did not happen. The victim's mother also took the stand to testify against her daughter. They recommended 99 years for each of the number of times the girl was raped, resulting in a sentence of 990 years.^[110] But, according to Alabama Department of Corrections, Wood received an additional 10 years for first-degree sexual abuse. This totals 1,000 years.^{[citation needed]}

Name Sentence start Sentence term Country Description Raymond Rodriguez 1972 999 years  United States Convicted of the murder of Lonnie B. Warren. The prosecution had asked the jury for a sentence of 1,000 years, but they returned with one fewer.^[111] Gregory Aaron Gadlin 2013 967 years Convicted on 16 counts of robbery, plus being a felon in possession of a weapon and ammunition.^[112] Walter Frank Meyerle 2012 959 years, minimum 479 years, 6 months Convicted of molesting 15 children ranging from 4 to 17 years old.^[113] Miguel Ángel Portillo 2023 945 years  El Salvador Member of a faction of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). Convicted of 22 murders and 4 murder threats.^[60] Shawn Ryan Thomas 2015 915 years  United States Convicted on 59 counts of possession of child pornography.^[114] Later sentenced to an additional 30 years after pleading guilty to planning to sexually abuse and murder a 9-year-old girl on camera. Roy Charles Waller 2020 897 years Convicted of raping nine women.^[115] Joseph Dyre Morse 1966 888 years Janitor imprisoned for the rape and murder of a female student at University of Colorado Boulder. He proclaimed his innocence until he confessed to the crime in 1980. Died in prison in 2005.^[116] Sholam Weiss 2000 845 years Found guilty of participation in the bankruptcy of the National Heritage Life Insurance Corporation in New York. One time featured in the FBI most wanted list. He appealed for a lesser sentence but was denied.^[117][118] On January 19, 2021, his sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump.^[119] David Allan Hall^[120] 2015 825 years Convicted of 10 counts of promoting child pornography and 45 counts of possession of child pornography after creating an online blog that traded child pornography. A registered sex offender, he had previously been convicted in 1996 of attempted sexual assault on a 7-year-old child.^[121] Samuel Hemphill 1970 800 years A 19-year-old sentenced in Texas for the repeated rape of an 18-year-old girl over the course of several hours.^[122] He will be eligible for parole in October 2030.^{[citation needed]} Domingo Troitiño 1989 794 years  Spain Perpetrators and instigator (Santi Potros) of the 1987 Hipercor bombing. Josefa Ernaga Rafael Caride Simón 2003 790 years Santiago Arróspide Sarasola a.k.a. "Santi Potros" Richard Smith II 2020 775 years, minimum 205 years  United States West Virginia man convicted of sexually assaulting his infant along with his girlfriend. Found guilty of 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse, 4 counts of sexual assault and 5 counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in position of trust, being sentenced to 25 years for first-degree sexual abuse, 25 years for sexual assault, and 100 years for sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in position of trust for a total of 775 years.^[123] Juana Barraza 2008 759 years  Mexico Female serial killer dubbed La Mataviejitas ("The Old Lady Killer"). Sentenced to 759 years in jail for killing and robbing sixteen elderly women in Mexico City, although some believe that she might have over 40 fatal victims. She beat and strangled her victims using moves that she had learnt as a professional wrestler (ring name La Dama del Silencio, "The Lady of Silence"). The sentence specifies that she will be paroled in 2058, at age 100. Darrell Wayne Delp 2014 755 years  United States Found guilty on 50 counts of producing child pornography and 10 counts of aggravated sexual battery.^[124][125] That would be 12 years for 50 counts of producing child pornography, and 15½ years for 10 counts of aggravated sexual battery. Bruce Betcher 2007 750 years Convicted in federal court of 24 counts of producing child pornography, 1 count of receiving child pornography, and 1 count of possession of child pornography. Died in prison in 2013.^[126] Mark Anthony Beecham 2012 744 years Given 99 years each for six counts (one of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of first-degree rape and three counts of first-degree sodomy), 20 years for felony first-degree theft of property, and 10 more for felony first-degree bail jumping. Previously sentenced to 120 years for other rapes.^[127][128] He will be considered for parole in 2027.^{[citation needed]} Lonnie James Pebley 736 years Sentenced for shooting at police officers with an AK-47 during a standoff.^[129] Apichart Bowornbancharak 2020 723 years  Thailand Originally sentenced to 1,446 years for defrauding the public. They were arrested after numerous complaints. The Laemgate seafood restaurant had last year begun selling various food vouchers that required customers to pay in advance. One such deal offered a seafood meal at 880 baht (£22; $28) for 10 people – far cheaper than their usual prices. Initially, those who bought the vouchers were able to claim their meals at the restaurant but a long waiting list meant an advance booking of up to several months. But by March, the company announced its closure, claiming that it could not get hold of enough seafood to meet the demand. It offered to refund customers who had bought vouchers. About 375 out of 818 customers who complained got their money back. Bowornbancharak and Bowornbancha were arrested, later convicted, and sentenced to 1,446 years, although their sentences were cut in half due to the guilty plea. It was 723 counts of fraud. They would serve no more than 20 years. Their company, Laemgate Infinite, was also fined 1.8m baht, and the co-owners and the company was ordered to refund 2.5m baht in damages to the victims. They will be released in 2040.^[130] Prapassorn Bowornbancha Lisa Marie Lesher 2019  United States Lesher was a mother who raped her daughter and step-daughter, and was found guilty of two counts of first-degree rape, four counts of first-degree sodomy, one count of sexual torture, one count of second-degree sodomy, and one count of first-degree sexual abuse. Her husband Michael was sentenced to 438 years for his role in the abuse. According to Alabama Department of Corrections, Lesher received 99 years for four counts of first-degree sodomy, two counts of first-degree rape and one of sexual torture, 20 years for second-degree sodomy, and 10 years for first-degree sexual abuse.^[131] Amadeo Hernández Parela 2023 694 years  El Salvador Member of MS-13 convicted of aggravated homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, and membership of a terrorist organization.^[132] José Ángel S. R. 2022 686 years  Spain Lawyer and soccer coach nicknamed "the Instagram pedophile", found guilty of sexually abusing minors, recording the abuse, distributing child pornography, and cyber-bullying 98 victims.^[133] Edward Franklin Jackson Jr. 1983 665 years with a minimum of 191 years  United States Serial rapist convicted of 21 acts of rape among other charges, suspected of 15 more.^[134] Stephen Anthony Saccoccia 1993 660 years Convicted of laundering money for a Colombian drug cartel.^[135] Steven Ray Hessler 2022 650 years Convicted of a series of sexual assaults in Shelby County.^[136] Franklin Romeo Martínez Hernandez 2023 629 years  El Salvador Member of MS-13.^[137] Alán Nelson Lozada Garay 2012 617 years, 6 months and 17 days  Mexico Business associate and criminal accomplice of José Luis González González.^[40] Raven Smith 2019 615 years  United States Convicted of sexually abusing five underage girls.^[138] Julio César Santos Medrano 2023 609 years  El Salvador Member of MS-13.^[137] Matthew Tyler Miller 2019 600 years  United States Convicted of sexually exploiting two young children. Charged with 20 counts of enticing two children under the age of 5 to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual production of such conduct, and given 30 years for each count. A search revealed 102 pornographic images that Miller had produced of the children.^[139] Stephen M. Howells II 2015 580 years Convicted in Federal Court alongside his co-defendant Nicole F. Vaisey of six counts of sexual exploitation of children, including the kidnapping and sexual abuse of 2 Amish girls.^[140] Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito 2003  Brazil Brazilian serial killer sentenced for homicide, abuse against dead bodies, and concealment of corpses. Suspected of being responsible for the murder of 42 children.^[141] Richard Heeringa 2012 576 years  United States Convicted of 17 counts of sexually assaulting a child. Listed as one of the 15 most wanted list of fugitives of the US Marshals.^[142] Jose Alfredo Rauda 2019 553 years Convicted of 12 counts of attempted murder on a peace officer, 19 counts of assault with a firearm on a peace officer, four counts of assault with a firearm, one count of assault on a police animal, shooting at an occupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.^[143] Joseph Baldino 2014 525 years Convicted of one count of soliciting for sex over the internet, four counts of transmitting child pornography and 100 counts of possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to five years in prison for each of the 105 counts to run consecutively.^[144] José Ramón Claros Ramos 2023 514 years  El Salvador Member of MS-13 convicted of aggravated homicide and membership of a terrorist organization.^[132] Muharrem Büyüktürk 2016 508 years  Turkey A private tutor found guilty of sexually abusing ten boys as young as 12, and of showing pornography to children between 12 and 14. A second trial added 84 years in prison for other offenses.^[145] Sipho Thwala 1999 506 years  South Africa Serial killer known as "The Phoenix Strangler" or "Canefield Killer". Juan Carlos Seresi 1991 505 years  United States Convicted of 20 counts of money laundering and 1 count of conspiracy.^[146] Juan Carlos Seresi and Vahe Andonian were released in 2020. Nazareth Andonian and Raul Silvio Vivas were released in 2021. Nazareth Andonian Vahe Andonian Raul Silvio Vivas Frankie Owens 1984 500 years Serial rapist convicted alongside Arthur Franklin, who was sentenced to 1,000 years.^[104] Shane Michael Emory 2014 Filmed himself molesting two young children. Pled guilty to 46 charges, including 24 counts of using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct and 10 counts of first degree sexual abuse.^[147]

Name Sentence start Sentence term Country Description Gabriel March Granados 1972 384,912 years  Spain March, a 22-year-old mailman in Palma de Mallorca, has occasionally been mentioned (sometimes erroneously as "Granados" or "Grandos") as the person sentenced to the longest prison term ever. He failed to deliver 42,784 letters, opening 35,718 of them and stealing their contents for value of 50,000 euro (2010 value). In consequence, March was charged with thousands of counts of fraud, wrongful appropriation of documents (one per undelivered letter) and theft, resulting in an unprecedented request of 384,912 years in prison and a 19-million-euro (2010 value) fine by the prosecutor. The actual sentence imposed was 14 years and 2 months in prison and a fine of 9,000 pesetas.^[148][149] Two unnamed men 1969 7,109 years  Iran "Two confidence tricksters" said to have received one year in prison per criminal count, resulting in the "longest recorded prison sentences" according to the 1975 editions of The People's Almanac and Guinness Book of World Records.^[150][151] Anders Behring Breivik 2012 1,617 years  Norway Breivik, a convicted domestic terrorist who committed the 2011 Norway attacks. He was found guilty of mass murder of 77 people. This could extend 21 years on each person murdered, totalling 1,617 years. However, the sentence was 21 years instead with the minimum of 10 years. Although several European countries still authorize life sentences without the possibility of parole, many do not.^[152] Antonio Izquierdo 1994 684 years  Spain Perpetrators of the Puerto Hurraco massacre. Said to have been sentenced to 684 years,^[153] but this is the sum of the 342 years each actually received.^[154] Emilio Izquierdo