In Sweden, the following homicide offenses exist: [1]
Any person under 18 [3] (but not under the age of 15) is sentenced as a ratio of what an adult would receive. Furthermore, people under 15 may be convicted of crimes, but not subject to legal punishment.
The most serious offense of intentional homicide in Sweden in murder (Mord). Its understanding and punishment have evolved over the time. Currently the law reads: [4]
Section 1
- A person who takes the life of another person is guilty of murder and is sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term of at least ten and at most eighteen years, or for life. As grounds for life imprisonment, particular consideration is given to whether the act was preceded by careful planning, was characterised by particular cunning, aimed to promote or conceal other offences, involved severe suffering for the victim or was otherwise particularly ruthless.
In Sweden, the maximum punishment for any offense is life imprisonment (see Life imprisonment in Sweden), which is available as a punishment for the most aggravated forms of murder. Capital punishment in Sweden was abolished for all crimes committed during peacetime on 30 June 1921 and for all crimes, including those committed in time of war, on 1 January 1973. The last person executed in Sweden was Johan Alfred Ander, who was executed for a murder during the course of a robbery in 1910.
In Sweden, the following homicide offenses exist: [1]
Any person under 18 [3] (but not under the age of 15) is sentenced as a ratio of what an adult would receive. Furthermore, people under 15 may be convicted of crimes, but not subject to legal punishment.
The most serious offense of intentional homicide in Sweden in murder (Mord). Its understanding and punishment have evolved over the time. Currently the law reads: [4]
Section 1
- A person who takes the life of another person is guilty of murder and is sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term of at least ten and at most eighteen years, or for life. As grounds for life imprisonment, particular consideration is given to whether the act was preceded by careful planning, was characterised by particular cunning, aimed to promote or conceal other offences, involved severe suffering for the victim or was otherwise particularly ruthless.
In Sweden, the maximum punishment for any offense is life imprisonment (see Life imprisonment in Sweden), which is available as a punishment for the most aggravated forms of murder. Capital punishment in Sweden was abolished for all crimes committed during peacetime on 30 June 1921 and for all crimes, including those committed in time of war, on 1 January 1973. The last person executed in Sweden was Johan Alfred Ander, who was executed for a murder during the course of a robbery in 1910.