A 35-year-old Iraqi man who was wanted for murder in Sweden was arrested in Iraq. Extradition proceedings were initiated, but since the man is an Iraqi citizen, the Iraqis expressed a desire to try the case in Iraq-where a conviction could result in the death penalty. That was too much for the Swedish prosecutor, Krister Petersson, who lifted the extradition order and expressed a desire that the Iraqis would free the suspect-rather than expose him to a death sentence. Even more incredulously, Petersson reportedly told Swedish Radio that he was hoping the man would move to another country, where he could be arrested (but not be exposed to the death penalty).
The below article from the conservative Swedish website, Samnytt, is translated by Fousesquawk.
https://samnytt.se/mordmisstankt-irakier-gripen-i-irak-svensk-aklagare-vill-ta-hit-honom/
Iraqi murder suspect arrested in Iraq-Swedish prosecutor wants to bring him here
Domestic Foreign 13 November 2022 at 20:00
A 35-year-old man who was wanted (and) suspected of murder in Vivalla in Örebro in 2018 has been arrested in Iraq. The arrest reportedly occurred a year ago, and the Swedish prosecutor has attempted to get Iraq to extradite the man to Sweden.
The 35-year-old suspect is an Iraqi citizen, and therefore Iraq wants to try him itself.
But the Swedish prosecutor doesn't think that is a good idea. If the man is convicted of the crime in Iraq, he risks the death penalty-something that the Swedish prosecutor doesn't want to participate in.
The prosecutor tells P4 Örebro (Sweden Radio) that he has lifted the extradition order from Iraq and now hopes the suspected man will be released and go to another country-to be arrested there instead.
The prosecutor-who was previously the preliminary investigative leader in the (Olaf) Palme investigation-would rather see the suspected murderer set free than be sentenced in his homeland of Iraq.
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