Swedish Parliament Cuts Age of Criminal Responsibility to 14
The law will take effect before Sweden’s general election after 281 lawmakers backed the change and 66 opposed it.
- On Thursday, the Swedish Parliament voted in Stockholm to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 14, with 281 lawmakers in favor and 66 opposed.
- The government initially proposed lowering the age to 13 but withdrew that plan in June after failing to secure a majority; most of the 126 groups consulted, including police, opposed such a low threshold.
- Parliament also voted to restrict sentence reductions for young offenders, part of a crime-focused policy platform since 2022; youths under 18 can now face up to 18 years in prison.
- The law takes effect September 10, three days before Sweden's general election, positioning crime legislation as central to the right-wing government's reliance on the Sweden Democrats.
- A Demoskop poll for the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper shows the opposition Social Democrats leading with 51% of the vote against 47% for the governing parties, though the gap is narrowing.
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281 MPs, including opposition Social Democrats, voted in favor of the law, while 66 voted against.
The government gave up an earlier plan to reduce the age limit to 13 years after the Legislative Council had warned that this was contrary to the constitution and the rights of children. The bill advanced after the Social Democrats had approved an age limit of 14 years.
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In the future, young people in Sweden will be able to be punished sooner and more severely: Parliament reduced their age for delinquency and cut down on fines to combat the growing crime of juveniles.
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