Murder (Swedish law)

• First degree murder is defined as a planned taking a life of another, and punishable with imprisonment between 10 and 18 years or life imprisonment.
• Second degree murder is defined as murder when it is less severe, either due to the circumstances or the crime itself and is not premeditated but intentional, and is punishable with a fixed prison term between 6 and 10 years.
• In further mitigating circumstances the punishment may be less than 6 years imprisonment
• Circumstances for second degree murder in sweden: Someone who with intention but without premeditiation kills someone, An example of this is when a fight break out and one person ends up dead
• Other circumstances is when someone who has harassed or provoked the offender however there is no "Heat of passion" kills that person who harassed or provoked him or her
• Infanticide is murder committed by a mother on her child "when, owing to her confinement, she is in a disturbed mental state or in grave distress", punishable with any prison term up to 6 years.
• Manslaughter is murder committed due to carelessness or someone who is in a heat of passion kills another and there is
• No time to cool off. For Manslaughter, there are three types of punishments:
• # A fine if the crime is petty,
• # Any prison term up to 2 years, or
• # Any prison term between 1 year and 6 years if the crime is gross or gross negligence. Gross negligence is distinguished by "the taking of a considerable risk leading to the death, or driving a motor vehicle under influence leading to the death".