The faint hope clause was included in the Criminal Code because the inmates were getting too elderly and costlier to the system.

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The faint hope clause was introduced to provide inmates serving life sentences with the possibility of parole after 15 years as an incentive for rehabilitation and good behavior, not specifically because inmates were getting too elderly and costlier to the system.

The Faint Hope Clause Was Included in the Criminal Code