; (B) the average sentence length for individuals who were convicted of an offense carrying a mandatory minimum penalty was 110 months of imprisonment; and (C) more than two-thirds of Federal prisoners serving life or virtual life sentences have been convicted of nonviolent crimes, including 30 percent for a drug crime. (6) Among those individuals serving life without parole sentences, 49.1 percent have been convicted of a drug related crime. (7) The United States has much more punitive sentencing laws than the rest of the world, as— (A) sentence lengths in most European countries rarely exceed 20 years; (B) Norway abolished life sentences in 1981 and under Norwegian law, the maximum prison term is 21 years; (C) in Denmark and Sweden, individuals serving life sentences can be released after 12 years and 18 years of imprisonment, respectively; and (D) in Latin America, only 6 out of 19 countries maintain statutes that allow life imprisonment. (8) With the abolition of parole under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–473 ; 98 Stat. 1987), there are extremely limited options for review of Federal sentences, which differs greatly from the rest of the world, as— (A) Belgium requires a parole review of life sentences after 10 years; (B) Germany requires a parole review of life sentences after 15 years; and (C) the International Criminal Court requires a parole review of life sentences after 25 years. (9) An incarcerated individual should not be precluded from receiving a second look review of their sentence because of the nature of the crime for which the individual was convicted, as— (A) individuals age out of crime starting around 25 years of age; (B) released individuals over the age of 50 have a very low recidivism rate; (C) several studies, State policies and programs, and the National Institute of Corrections of the Bureau of Prisons, consider incarcerated individuals aged 50 and above to be elderly