Bill: It will be a criminal offense to escape
The government and the SD propose that escaping from prisons and youth homes should be punishable by up to two years in prison.
Swedish politicsThe government and the SD propose that escaping from prisons and youth homes should be punishable by up to two years in prison.
Swedish politicsThe Social Democrats, the Left Party, and the Green Party want the weapons legislation to be tightened and go further than the government on a few points. The Sweden Democrats support the government's line, but several Sweden Democrat members are critical.
Swedish politicsThe SD wants to see curfews, preventive detention, disciplinary training and correctional institutions for gang criminals. Murderers who have turned 15 are proposed to be able to be sentenced to life imprisonment.
SwedenThe Chairman of the Justice Committee, Richard Jomshof (SD), will be charged with suspicion of agitation against a ethnic group. He will now temporarily step down from the chairmanship.
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