Both "The Ghost Man" and "The Nytorget Man" were suspected of new sexual offenses shortly after being conditionally released. Legal expert Sven-Erik Alhem now hopes that the law will be changed. It is absolutely obvious that something more is needed, he says.
SwedenA judge at Örebro district court is suspected of having fallen asleep in the middle of a trial. Now the entire case must be retried, reports Nerikes Allehanda.
SwedenThe government wants young people between 15 and 17 years old to be able to be sentenced to harsher penalties. But many are critical of the proposal that has been put forward, and prosecutors want the government to consider a completely different solution.
Swedish politicsDespite high risk of relapse, the Nytorgsman was released on parole and is suspected of rape again. The day before the news broke, the deadline for the proposal for imprisonment for an indefinite period to protect society from dangerous repeat offenders expired. Several heavy remiss institutions are critical.
SwedenThe Göta Court of Appeal acquits a 36-year-old man who was prosecuted for having axe-murdered his mother in Växjö in 2011, despite traces of him being found on the murder weapon. Previously, the man had also been acquitted by the Växjö District Court.
CrimeThe boy was lured to the location under the pretext that the woman wanted to buy his headphones. Instead, she pulled out a pistol and shot him in the face at close range. The 20-year-old becomes the first woman to be convicted as a shooter in a gang murder. She gets life imprisonment.
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