The proposal means that the age of criminal responsibility will be lowered from 15 to 14 years, not 13 years as originally intended.
The reason the government withdrew the proposal a couple of weeks ago was that it was uncertain whether it would receive support in the Riksdag. The uncertainty was due both to the failure of the set-off system and to signals that several members of the Tidö parties were hesitant about the 13-year age limit.
Our assessment is that we have a better chance of getting through 14 than 13 years, says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M).
The proposal will be debated and decided by the extraordinary Riksdag in August. The idea is that it will come into force on September 10 this year.
