00:00 minimum term that the defendant must serve before the parole board may
00:03 consider his possible release is one of 12 years. It is very important that the
00:09 defendant and everyone concerned with this sentence should understand what
00:12 this sentence means. It is a life sentence. The minimum term is not a fixed
00:17 term after which the defendant will automatically be released. It is the term
00:22 that must be served before the parole board can undertake the first review of
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