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24 years for not stopping a murder?
In 1981, 24 years ago, Annika Östberg and her boyfriend owed a man money. her boyfriend shot the man and Annika Östberg did nothing to prevent it. Later, when the couple was stopped by a policeman, he shot the police aswell.
This was in California, USA
They were later caught and the boyfriend hung himself.
Annika was sentenced to 25 years to life.
Now, 24 years later, Sweden, the country where she was borne want's her back. Sweden offered to take her in for the remaining years of the sentence (it would be converted to a fixed number of years). Yesterday, the state of California rejected the proposal.
I am having trouble understanding why she should still be inprisoned, maybe someone could explain it to me?
If she really should be imprisoned for, say ten more years, why can't she be imprisoned in Sweden?
A few people on this forum seem to have a understanding of americas judicial system, maybe you could shed some light over this?
Note: Sorry about crappy language, I am overly tired.
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