The Government proposes that conditional release should take place at the earliest after three-quarters of the sentence have been served. The purpose of the proposal is to sharpen society's view on serious crime, says Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (The Moderate Party). An inquiry has nonetheless advised against changing the current two-thirds release.
Swedish politicsThe Nytorgs man was released after two thirds of his sentence and is now suspected of a new rape. With a new legislative proposal, he can be sentenced to prison without a time limit. The profile is, for example, serial rapists, says investigator Stefan Reimer.
SwedenDangerous repeat offenders should, in particularly serious cases, be able to be locked up for an indefinite period, according to an investigative proposal. But the investigator says no to several other points in the Tidö Agreement on tougher measures.
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