The government and the Sweden Democrats are now reviewing the criminal law in a comprehensive investigation. The aim is that the punishment should be tougher, more people should be detained and more people should be sentenced to prison.
Today, the government makes a decision to give the Attorney General Petra Lundh the task of leading a review of the criminal law, writes Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M), Richard Jomshof (SD), Torsten Elofsson (KD) and Juno Blom (L) in a debate article in Dagens News.
The recasting is done, among other things, to put an end to gang crime, but it also has a broader purpose. Today’s criminal justice system is largely rooted in the 1960s and 1980s.
“The criminal justice system has been patched and fixed, but not reformed as a whole to meet a new reality,” write the four politicians.
The Tidö parties want the focus to shift from the perpetrator to a focus on crime victims and community protection.
In concrete terms, Petra Lundh will, among other things, investigate a tightening of the punishment scales, double punishment for gang criminals, abolition of the quantity discount and that less consideration should be given to the convicted person’s personal circumstances.
Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer has a press conference about the investigation at 10 am.