What Crimes in California can be Punished with Life in Prison?

Murder with premediation and deliberation is called 1st Degree Murder and it carries a 25 to life sentence. 2nd Degree Murder is murder with the intent to kill and this carries a 15 year to life sentence. Felony murder also carries a life sentence.

Other life sentence crimes include:

Kidnapping for ransom or extortion with violence, California Penal Code §209(a)murder with special circumstances, California Penal Code §190.2;

Perjury in capital case causing the execution of the defendant, California Penal Code §12;

Placing a bomb causing death, California Penal Code §12310(a);

Treason, California Penal Code §37;

Wrecking a bridge, California Penal Code §219