What is the common meaning of the term "life imprisonment without possibility of parole"?

We disagree. The court's response did not differ significantly from that which defense counsel sought. The "common meaning" of "life imprisonment without possibility of parole" is that the defendant will be imprisoned for the rest of his life, without any possibility of release on parole. This is the same meaning conveyed by counsel's suggested response that the term "means exactly what it said." The court's response also satisfied our holding in People v. Kipp (1998) 18 Cal.4th 349, 75 Cal.Rptr.2d 716, 956 P.2d 1169, that when the jury expresses a concern regarding the effect of a life without parole sentence, the court should instruct the jury "to assume that whatever penalty it selects will be carried out" or give "a comparable instruction." (Id. at pp. 378-379, 75 Cal.Rptr.2d 716, 956 P.2d 1169.)