Prisoner who 'died' and came back to life argues life sentence has technically finishe
Prisoner who 'died' and came back to life argues life sentence has technically finished (US) A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in an Iowa prison argued his sentence had expired after his heart stopped momentarily and therefore he was technically 'dead.' Benjamin Schreiber, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the mid-1990s for clubbing a man to death with the handle of a pickaxe, claimed he had successfully fulfilled his life sentence as a result after he died momentarily in hospital but was resuscitated back to life. In 2015, Schreiber developed kidney stones and began suffering from septic poisoning, according to CNN. He lost consciousness and was moved from the Iowa State Penitentiary to a nearby hospital. At the medical facility, Schreiber was resuscitated five times after his heart had briefly stopped. Doctors used epinephrine and adrenaline to revive him, and once he stabilized, they treated his sepsis and he was sent back to jail. After this inc