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4. Wow! He's lucky he didn't get NINE years!!

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 09:20 PM

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Teen in Sweden jailed eight years for honour killing [View all] zellie Jan 2013 OP

So the going rate in Sweden ... zellie Jan 2013 #1

The article states that the victim was a refuge from Iraq. amandabeech Jan 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author zellie Jan 2013 #3

I'm not sure where you're coming from. amandabeech Jan 2013 #5

Nothing wrong with the swedes . zellie Jan 2013 #7

I see that you post frequently in the I/P forum. amandabeech Jan 2013 #8

Treading a fine line there... a la izquierda Jan 2013 #9

It wasn't tolerated his last time through. Scurrilous Jan 2013 #13

Classy. a la izquierda Jan 2013 #14

And I alerted and it stood... a la izquierda Jan 2013 #16

Wow! He's lucky he didn't get NINE years!! WinkyDink Jan 2013 #4

WTF? This is Sweden? smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #6

Sweden has had a number of these freethought Jan 2013 #10

Shocking. I always thought Sweden the most liberal of smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #17

Swedes still hold fast to their liberal/social values freethought Jan 2013 #22

I can see why the Scandinvians would be resentful. smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #25

"Sweden has a relatively liberal immigration policy." Indeed. pampango Jan 2013 #30

Wouldn't it have been more honourable to just fess up? Fla_Democrat Jan 2013 #11

Are you advocating for prison rape here? Really? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #19

+10.000 smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #26

Should have gotten "Life". mia Jan 2013 #18

The sentence seems short, maybe youth was a mitigating factor. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #20

Eight years? This fucker should have gotten EIGHTY. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #23

You're right about that. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #32

The word "honour" should be in quotations Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #24

Only 8 years for MURDER? WTF? smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #33