Hvor mange år er livstidsdom i Sverige?

[Gjest Gjest]

Er jo noen som har blitt dømt til livstid i Sverige nå for grove forbrytelser og jeg lurer på hvor mange år det er?

Er det 21 som her.

Jeg fatter forøvrig ikke hvordan man kan regne 21 år som livstid, men det er vel en annen diskusjon.

[Minien]

Etter som jeg har skjønt er en livstidsdom i Sverige ubestemt, men minst på 18 år.

Etter en tid kan den dømte søke om å få tidsbestemt straffen sin.

[Gjest Cederic Rueben]

[edit] Sweden

Life imprisonment is a sentence of indeterminate length. Swedish law states that the most severe punishment is "prison for ten years or life", and so life imprisonment is in practice never shorter than ten years. However, a prisoner may apply to the government for clemency, in practice having his life sentence commuted to a set number of years, which then follows standard Swedish parole regulations. Clemency can also be granted on humanitarian grounds. The number of granted clemencies per year has been low since 1991, usually no more than one or two. Until 1991 few served more than 15 years, but since then the time spent in prison has increased and today (2007) the usual time is at least 20-22 years. Offenders under the age of 21 when the crime was committed can not be sentenced to life imprisonment.

Increased criticism from prison authorities, prisoners and victims led to a revision of practices and in 2006 a new law was passed that also gave a prisoner the right to apply for a determined sentence at the Örebro Lower Court. A prisoner has to serve a minimum of 10 years in prison before applying and the set sentence can not be under 18 years, the maximum sentence allowed under Swedish law (10 years plus 4 years if one is a repeat offender and 4 years if the sentence contains other serious crimes). When granting a set sentence the court takes into account the crime, the prisoner's behaviour in prison, public safety and the chance of rehabilitation. However, some prisoners may never be released, being considered too dangerous. Of those who have been given set sentences under the new law, the sentences have ranged between 25 and 32 years.

The person currently having served for the longest time is Leif Axmyr, who in 1982 killed the stepson of the then Minister of finance and the stepson's fiancée, Axmyr's former girlfriend. He has spent over 26 years in prison. At present (2008) there are about 170 people, including four women, serving life sentences in Swedish prisons. All are convicted of murder or conspiracy to commit murder. The Swedish Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that ten years in prison should overrule life imprisonment as the "main option" for people who have committed murder. At present (2008) this is under review by the Swedish parliament and it is expected that the "main option" for murder will be a much longer sentence (16-20 years), although life in prison

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment#Sweden