The moderates want to be able to lock up people who relapse into sexual crimes for life.
That’s what Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer said on TV4 Nyheterna yesterday on the occasion of Kalla Fakta’s review.
The proposal is supported by the other parties.
“Nobviously the right way to go,” writes Richard Jomshof (SD)
Yesterday, Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) stated that the government has opened the way for repeated sexual offenses to be punishable by life imprisonment. This after Cold facts has followed how the police and other authorities failed to stop one of Sweden’s worst sex offenders. Several parties in the Riksdag state that they are positive about the proposal.
– We have seen several cases where there have been downright offensively low punishments when it comes to repeated serious sexual crimes, says the Minister for Gender Equality Paulina Brandberg (L).
The Sweden Democrats say it is the right way to go. They also want perpetrators with a foreign background to be deported.
“It must also become easier to revoke citizenship for criminals of this kind,” writes Richard Jomshof (SD).
Must be punished more severely
The Christian Democrats believe that it is the right way to go and that a government is needed that takes the side of the victim of crime rather than the side of the perpetrator.
– In a country that beats its chest because we hold the flag of equality high, we must be able to show much more clearly that this type of crime must be punished much more severely, says party leader Ebba Busch (KD)
The opposition parties signal that they are in favor of tougher penalties for sexual crimes. The Left Party says they are skeptical of life sentences.
“Today, there are better pressure opportunities for the correctional service to persuade inmates to participate in treatment programs than in the case reviewed by Kalla fakta. We are open to discussing more measures to prevent recidivism, but we believe that increasing the number of crimes that lead to life sentences is not the right way to go,” writes Gudrun Nordborg, legal policy spokesperson for the Left Party.