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If jail time > 12 months, sentence = prison else sentence = jail

woodall 16y ago
elseif (sentences == consecutive){ serve(time,chargeCount,jail) } There are other variables, such as Jurisdiction, also impact how a person will be sentenced. Laws might differ a bit in Sweden though. That code isn't very good. A person can serve >12months if the sentences are ran consecutively. Depending on the criminal, crime, and place, the person charged may want to be in prison instead of jail.
- ugh 16y ago
  Are you sure that jails even exist in Sweden? I would be surprised. Isn’t that some kind of weird American quirk? This brochure from the Swedish government [0] differentiates between remand prisons and correctional facilities (of varying security levels), no mention of anything else at all. [0] http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/33/41/0feab306.pdf http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/33/41/0feab306.pdf (PDF)
  - woodall 16y ago
    It looks like a 'remand prison' is similar to the common law 'jail'. remand prison: Where people who are suspected of offenses and who have been detained by a court while waiting for trial are held.[from the link above] [0] http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Remand+prison http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Remand+prison
    - ugh 16y ago
      I’m seriously confused by the US law system and apparently, also by the Swedish one. At least I found out that in my native Germany “jails” (that’s how it’s translated) don’t exist any longer but apparently did until 1970. Germany has now only prisons, someone who is kept in custody prior to the trial is in exactly the same building as those who are properly in prison.
      - woodall 16y ago
        I meet someone on ChatRoulette once who was an intern at one of the courts in Germany. During our conversation it became obvious that English Common Law and Germanic/Salic Law are two different beast. It is important to remember that there is no universal set of rules, as cultures value things differently.

elseif (sentences == consecutive){ serve(time,chargeCount,jail) } There are other variables, such as Jurisdiction, also impact how a person will be sentenced. Laws might differ a bit in Sweden though. That code isn't very good. A person can serve >12months if the sentences are ran consecutively. Depending on the criminal, crime, and place, the person charged may want to be in prison instead of jail.

ugh 16y ago
Are you sure that jails even exist in Sweden? I would be surprised. Isn’t that some kind of weird American quirk? This brochure from the Swedish government [0] differentiates between remand prisons and correctional facilities (of varying security levels), no mention of anything else at all. [0] http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/33/41/0feab306.pdf http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/33/41/0feab306.pdf (PDF)
- woodall 16y ago
  It looks like a 'remand prison' is similar to the common law 'jail'. remand prison: Where people who are suspected of offenses and who have been detained by a court while waiting for trial are held.[from the link above] [0] http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Remand+prison http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Remand+prison
  - ugh 16y ago
    I’m seriously confused by the US law system and apparently, also by the Swedish one. At least I found out that in my native Germany “jails” (that’s how it’s translated) don’t exist any longer but apparently did until 1970. Germany has now only prisons, someone who is kept in custody prior to the trial is in exactly the same building as those who are properly in prison.
    - woodall 16y ago
      I meet someone on ChatRoulette once who was an intern at one of the courts in Germany. During our conversation it became obvious that English Common Law and Germanic/Salic Law are two different beast. It is important to remember that there is no universal set of rules, as cultures value things differently.