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Sweden mulls prison for young teens as violent crime rises
Sweden's parliament will vote on plans to hold 13-year-olds criminally responsible for violent crimes and imprison them in serious cases. The move comes as the country faces rising gang crime, with other European nations also lowering age limits for criminal responsibility.
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