Murder on the Cheap

[nsingman]

The second most famous Serbian assassin in Europe was sentenced today for the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. According to the article, his sentence is life (which in Sweden usually means 15 years). Seems a bit short to me, but that wasn't the strange part

Comments

[clivec]

Maybe he was a low paid assasian and they used a sliding scale.

[nsingman]

You would think that a finance minister would have lifetime earnings an order of magnitude or more greater than that!

[snotra]

*picks jaw off ground*

What!?! *disgusted*

[nsingman]

I know. You murder someone in cold blood, and only lose 15 years of your freedom, and a few thousand bucks.

I don't know about Swedish law

[gh4acws]

but that piddling amount may mean that this is for the immediate economic damage of his deed.
Some legal systems might refuse to put any amont of monetary value to a human life while at the same time being precise in the amount of economic damage done to the survivors.

Re: I don't know about Swedish law

[nsingman]

Presumably, since the compensation was paid to her bereaved husband and sons, it was for economic damages. It just struck me as rather low, though I confess that I don't know what ministerial salaries are like in Sweden.

The fact that a life sentence usually means only 15 years in prison concerned me, too.

Re: I don't know about Swedish law

[ex_springfl]

wow! only 15 years after a crime like that, somehow that doesn't seem like nearly enough consitering all that her family lost.
You say to yourself who is this chick posting in my LJ? I'm a friend of he suggested you as a person not in my list for one of those meme thingies. I have added you, hope that's ok.

Re: I don't know about Swedish law

[nsingman]

Welcome! It's quite alright, and I hope it's alright with you if I add you back. I've only met Ed once in New Orleans this past November, but he struck me as a very nice guy.