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Sweden defines rape differently than we do. See: Julian Assange.

• dogma1138 11y ago
  No we are talking about actual rape reap, including child molestation, as well as early release for all sentences (1/3rd) unless you have behaved very very badly.
  • CamperBob2 11y ago
    What's their recidivism rate like? Nothing else matters, IMO.
    • mpweiher 11y ago
      Don't have Sweden, Norway's is apparently 20%. US is >50% to 70%, depending on sources. http://uk.businessinsider.com/why-norways-prison-system-is-so-successful-2014-12 http://uk.businessinsider.com/why-norways-prison-system-is-s...
      • dogma1138 11y ago
        Sweden's is closer to the US. for 3 years it's 40% https://www.bra.se/bra/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statistics/crime-statistics/recidivism.html https://www.bra.se/bra/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statist... I need to find the decade stat's those were in the 60's for men (especially of certain groups). Norway has a slightly better sentencing system, the sentences are also quite short but not as comically short as in Sweden where they are too short for any effective programs. Here's a famous case of a man convicted of molesting 100's of children in both Sweden and Norway who got 9 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Andersen_(child_molester) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Andersen_(child_molester) He was convicted on over 60 counts, and it's hardly a unicorn case.
  • Cederfjard 11y ago
    2/3rds, and obviously not including life sentences (although they can of course be commuted to time limited ones, in which case the general rule applies).
    • dogma1138 11y ago
      There is no life sentence in Sweden like in many other countries.
      • Cederfjard 11y ago
        Well, that's just plain wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_Sweden
        • dogma1138 11y ago
          Have you actually read the entire article?