hard to believe this guy came from the same country...Posted on 09/01/2012 6:29:16 AM PDT by marthemaria
A Norwegian prison is looking to hire people to be friends with mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, according to reports.
Ila prison hopes to find people willing to play hockey, chess and otherwise interact with Breivik, who is on trial for massacring 77 people in a bomb attack in Oslo and a shooting at a summer camp for young people on Utoeya island in July last year.
Citing Norway's Verdens Gang, the U.K.’s Telegraph newspaper reported that the "friends" would be trained experts as Breivik, 33, is feared to be too dangerous to mix with other prisoners.
"It could be anything from a team for indoor hockey to people who are willing to play chess with him," Knut Bjarkeid, director of the Ila prison said, according to the Telegraph's translation
jarkeid said it was feared that Breivik might take other prisoners hostage in an attempt to escape if he was allowed near them. The killer is expected to serve at least 21 years in prison.
Under Norway's laws, prisoners cannot be kept in isolation for a long time as that is considered to be unduly cruel, the AFP news agency said.
"Many of the initiatives around Breivik are designed to prevent hostage-taking," Bjarkeid told Verdens Gang. "This makes it impossible to provide normal contact with others."
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Too dangerous. Even if you lose and leave the game he may have someone stick an ice axe in your head. I think that's under the Trotsky Gambit in Modern Chess Openings.
hard to believe this guy came from the same country...Can’t he be happy just knowing that soon Satan will be playing with him for all eternity?
Maybe Oglethorpe can volunteer.
How far we’ve fallen that you both felt compelled to qualify your statements.
Norwegian Law allows them to keep him in prison indefinitely if he is deemed to be a threat or otherwise dangerous.
Yeah. Can’t disagree.
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