Norwegian mass murderer faces just 21 years in prison

[DMT]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10740700

The fact that Norway's maximum penalty for any crime is 21 years in prison is facing rising criticism in the wake of the twin attacks that killed 93 people, with many deeming the penalty too lax.

Ever since Norwegian media named 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik as the prime suspect, calls have been growing for the maximum penalty under the Norwegian penal code to be extended.

If found guilty, Behring Breivik's 21 years in prison would equal a penalty of 82 days per killing.

Unreal

[Bob Kohm]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=10740700



Unreal

Wonderful, effectively a bulk discount on murder.

[TranaGreg]

just a hunch - I'd bet that in the next 21 years this law will be changed, and that there will not be any grandfathering clause.

[frae]

Or at the very least couldn't they change it to 21 years max per count?

[Fresno Bob]

2 days in non-solitary and this guy is dead, either by muslims or angry Norges....

[chancellor]

This is Norway, one of (if not the) most permissive countries on the planet. And you're really surprised by this? Really?

[onejayhawk]

He would get 20 years in Texas--due to appeals. Then they would execute him.

J

[BuckyBuckner]

2 days in non-solitary and this guy is dead, either by muslims or angry Norges....

In the US no doubt but from a few articles I read prison in Norway is much nicer than here. Norway has a very strong belief in forgiveness and they have a very low rate in repeat offenders. Which indicates to me that prison life isn't what it is over here. Not that I'd want to spend a week on vacation there but just saying sounds like this isn't the kind of country where this will happen. Unfortunately.

[overkill94]

Norway's such an odd country. On the one hand, you associate them with the pure white snow rendering everything peaceful, then this guy comes around on top of all the church burnings and black metal craziness from years past - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_N...ck_metal_scene

[Fresno Bob]

In the US no doubt but from a few articles I read prison in Norway is much nicer than here. Norway has a very strong belief in forgiveness and they have a very low rate in repeat offenders. Which indicates to me that prison life isn't what it is over here. Not that I'd want to spend a week on vacation there but just saying sounds like this isn't the kind of country where this will happen. Unfortunately.

I'm sure it is different, but he killed 60+ kids....you get the Vikings riled up, and you end up with Ragnorok!

[BuckyBuckner]

Norway's such an odd country. On the one hand, you associate them with the pure white snow rendering everything peaceful, then this guy comes around on top of all the church burnings and black metal craziness from years past - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_N...ck_metal_scene

Until the Light Takes Us was a great documentary about it and can be watched instantly on Netflix.

[B-Fly]

Well, you can always count on Glenn Beck to say something simultaneously asinine and hypocritical.

Beck, on his radio show, declared the killings "the work of a madman" and called the suspect "as bad as Osama bin Laden." But before launching into that condemnation, he questioned what the victims were doing at a summer camp run by Norway's ruling Labour Party.

Beck said the camp "sounds a little like, you know, the Hitler Youth or whatever. Who does a camp for kids that's all about politics? Disturbing."

However, politically-oriented camps are being organized in several U.S. states by chapters of the "9/12 Project" -- an organization founded by Beck himself in 2009.
The Colorado 9/12 Project hosted a "Patriot Camp" for kids in grades 1-5 earlier this month, featuring programs on "our Constitution, the Founding Fathers, and the values and principles that are the cornerstones of our nation."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/07/25/beck.norway/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

[BuckyBuckner]

Well, you can always count on Glenn Beck to say something simultaneously asinine and hypocritical.



http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/07/...html?hpt=hp_c1

It astonishes me that he's allowed to talk and terrifies me that people listen.

[johnnya24]

Update:

Linky

Anders Behring Breivik could escape jail after prosecutor indicates gunman was not 'criminally responsible'

The prospect of Anders Behring Breivik escaping jail for the killing of 77 people has strengthened after the prosecutor said he was ready to accept the gunman was not criminally responsible for his actions.

This would allow Breivik to be sentenced to confinement in a psychiatric ward instead of a prison at the end of his trial.

Breivik is currently undergoing a second court-ordered psychiatric evaluation, after the initial one late last year found him criminally insane, sparking protests from the families of his victims.

However, in his instructions to the district prosecutor handling the case, Norwegian state prosecutor Tor-Aksel Busch wrote that way the case appeared now, Breivik would be tried as someone who was considered insane.

Should be dismembered limb by limb and his head put on a spike if you ask me.

[Lucky]

It astonishes me that he's allowed to talk and terrifies me that people listen.

I haven't heard much from him since he lost the Fox gig. Is he on another network now? (not that I'm looking for him)