Livstidsstraffet för mord under förändring - En analys av 2014 års lagändring avseende 3 kap. 1 § BrB och dess påverkan på domstolarnas straffvärdebedömning
The provision in the Swedish Penal Code Chapter 3 section 1, which regulates the penalty for murder, has been altered several times during the recent years. The latest alteration of the provision took place in July 2014 with the aim that life imprisonment should be the "average penalty". The provision was altered by adding the wording that the penalty for murder should be life imprisonme