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Norway sentences mass murderer to 99.5 days in prison per victim — maximum (21 years for 77 dead)
Hotair ^ | 08/24/2012 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 08/24/2012 6:47:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

In 2011, Anders Brevik set off a bomb outside a government building in Norway and then slaughtered dozens of unarmed people on a retreat, methodically picking them off as they tried to escape from an island. Seventy-seven people died in Brevik’s murder spree, and the unrepentant killer gave an unemotional description of his actions in court. The court in Norway reacted by handing down a maximum sentence of 21 years in prison — just under 100 days per murder victim:

"A Norwegian court ruled Friday that confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was sane, deciding he was criminally responsible for the massacre of 77 people last summer.

Reading the ruling, Judge Wenche Elisabeth Arntzen said that “in a unanimous decision … the court sentences the defendant to 21 years of preventive detention.”

Actually, the sentence is for a 21-year maximum. The minimum is 10 years, or 47.4 days per victim. In Norway, courts can keep prisoners past their maximum release date if a judge finds that they remain a danger to the community. The prosecutors, who wanted Brevik committed for life as insane, loaded up the court record with tales of Brevik’s horrors, apparently anticipating that they would need the testimony later to keep Brevik behind bars.

And how sad is that?

I’d bet that in 21 years, Brevik will be found safe enough to release, if not earlier. If the court wanted to keep him behind bars for life, they surely could have done so today. A sizable contingent will argue that keeping Brevik any longer would be cruel and wasteful … and that’s not just a European impulse, either.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: andersbrevik; brevik; breviksentence; norway; norwaymassacre
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To: Moltke
“Hey, your son/daughter was only worth 99 days of jailtime! I did the math!”

This is why it's my contention that capital punishment is in fact, life affirming. It demonstrates that as a society, we will exact the ultimate penalty for the wanton taking of another life. Anything less than that diminishes the value we place upon the victim.

21 posted on 08/24/2012 7:14:25 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: mnehring
Where are the hookers, I mean sex workers?
22 posted on 08/24/2012 7:19:32 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Legalize Freedom!!)
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To: Renderofveils
Nothing but the finest kæstur hákarl imported "fresh" from Iceland, seven days a week.

And daily conjugal visits.

23 posted on 08/24/2012 7:20:36 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

And after a few years in jail a person qualifies for welfare benefits.


24 posted on 08/24/2012 7:23:34 AM PDT by techcor (I hope Obama succeeds, in being a one term president.)
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To: Taffini

I can learn to like salted herring paste, yes I can!!


25 posted on 08/24/2012 7:24:37 AM PDT by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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To: mnehring

Here’s a photo essay on the prison system. If you anger easily do not view this link.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1989083,00.html


26 posted on 08/24/2012 7:26:36 AM PDT by bigtoona
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To: SeekAndFind
If 21 years is the maximum for "murder", then they should NOT have charged him with "murder". Instead, they should have charged him 77 times, or for "murders".

1617 years sounds reasonable...

27 posted on 08/24/2012 7:31:52 AM PDT by C210N ("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
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To: C210N

I hope he is stalked and hunted the minute he is let out.


28 posted on 08/24/2012 7:40:05 AM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: Chuzzlewit

He probably won’t want to leave.


29 posted on 08/24/2012 7:42:18 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

Norway does not not believe in justice.
This callous creep needs to hang by the neck for 99 days for each victim.


30 posted on 08/24/2012 7:43:07 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Repeal Obamacare, the CITIZENSHIP TAX)
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To: BenLurkin
The guy deserves death by 77 introductions of high voltage electricity.

Norway deserves death too.

31 posted on 08/24/2012 7:48:19 AM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Taffini

The food in Norway is awful, unless you grew up eating it.. ack.

The only good restaurants are the foreign foods, and that is a stretch..


32 posted on 08/24/2012 7:54:25 AM PDT by carlo3b (Less Government, more Fiber..)
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To: mnehring

Martha Stewart could offer him some points on the interior decorating of his room.


33 posted on 08/24/2012 7:56:51 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Joe 6-pack
This is why it's my contention that capital punishment is in fact, life affirming. It demonstrates that as a society, we will exact the ultimate penalty for the wanton taking of another life. Anything less than that diminishes the value we place upon the victim.

I agree.

I'd guess that few would complain that "he only had to give 1/77th of his life per victim." This is what makes doing that "99 days per victim" math look so foolish.

34 posted on 08/24/2012 7:56:51 AM PDT by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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To: BuffaloJack

I was reading about serial kilers last week and some of the South American countries have the same issue. They have a maximum sentence that is a joke so all these mass murderrs and serial killers walk after a few years.

One guy killed hundreds and he only got the maximum of 18 years.


35 posted on 08/24/2012 8:19:18 AM PDT by USAF80
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To: SeekAndFind

I honestly believe he calculated the maximum punishment into his crime. He knows he can live on the government dime for 20+ years and then migrate to another country where he is unknown to live the rest of his life in peace.


36 posted on 08/24/2012 8:40:17 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
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To: OrangeHoof
I honestly believe he calculated the maximum punishment into his crime. He knows he can live on the government dime for 20+ years and then migrate to another country where he is unknown to live the rest of his life in peace.

If he did, that wasn't too smart of a calculation. The maximum sentence in Norway is 21 years, plus indefinite detention if still considered a threat after 21 years).

37 posted on 08/24/2012 8:57:18 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: bigtoona
Some snippets:

"The prison's exterior features earthy brown hues that help it blend in with the surrounding woodlands. Inside, however, the walls explode with color. Halden hired an interior decorator who used 18 different colors to create a sense of variety and stimulate various moods. A calming shade of green creates a soothing atmosphere in the cells, while a vivid orange brings energy to the library and other working areas. A two-bedroom guesthouse, where inmates can host their families overnight, includes a conjugal room painted a fiery red."

"Halden's architects preserved trees across the 75-acre site to obscure the 20-ft.-high security wall that surrounds the perimeter, in order to minimize the institutional feel and, in the words of one architect, to "let the inmates see all of the seasons." Benches and stone chessboards dot this jogging trail."

"There's also a recording studio with a professional mixing board. In-house music teachers — who refer to the inmates as "pupils," never "prisoners" — work with their charges on piano, guitar, bongos and more. Three members of Halden's security-guard chorus recently competed on Norway's version of American Idol. They hope to produce the prison's first musical — starring inmates — later this year."

"At Halden, rooms include en-suite bathrooms with ceramic tiles, mini-fridges and flat-screen TVs."

"To ease the psychological burdens of imprisonment, the planners at Halden spent roughly $1 million on paintings, photography and light installations. According to a prison informational pamphlet, this mural by Norwegian graffiti artist Dolk "brings a touch of humor to a rather controlled space." Officials hope the art — along with creative outlets like drawing classes and wood workshops — will give inmates "a sense of being taken seriously."

38 posted on 08/24/2012 9:10:02 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Conservatism is not a matter of convenience.)
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To: carlo3b

What does their food consist of mainly? What’s so bad about it? I’ve never had it or know very little about what they eat.


39 posted on 08/24/2012 9:19:31 AM PDT by tsowellfan (Voting for Obama/Biden is like purposely swallowing two tapeworms)
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OMG this is insane.

I am shocked. Only 21 years? I thought I was reading things wrong.

Look at that prison! It’s not even a prison. It’s an apartment! WTF?

Norway needs to get their stuff together and lock up criminals.

How much time do rapists and child molesters get? a month or 2?


40 posted on 08/24/2012 9:34:35 AM PDT by snowstorm12
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