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Life Imprisonment for Killing a Woman, But Not a Man.

Swedish political party Moderaterna seeks to classify murder by sex.

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Berserkir Hirð Þrir
Aug 20, 2026
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Moderaterna want to introduce femicide as a separate criminal classification when a woman is murdered against the background of what Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer calls misogyny. Life imprisonment would then be the starting point, even though murder can already carry the same penalty.

The proposal means that murder would be handled under a separate cl…

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