Conversion of Life Sentence To A Set Time Sentence
In January, 2008, Flink requested that his life sentence be limited to 24 years imprisonment. However on September 3, 2008, Örebro municipal court rejected the request with the motivation that the circumstances regarding the case are "exceptionally difficult" and that a set time punishment has to greatly exceed 24 years.
On July 7, 2010, Flink's request to convert his sentence was approved by Örebro tingsrätt (district court). His punishment was set to 32 years imprisonment, which would have made him eligible for parole sometime in 2015. The decision, however, was appealed by the prosecutor, and on December 21, 2010, Flink's punishment was adjusted to 36 years by Göta Court of Appeal pushing his potential parole date to the summer of 2018. After yet another appeal, Flink's punishment was adjusted to 30 years by the Supreme Court making his parole date to the summer of 2014, after serving 20 years in prison.
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