Anders Behring Breivik convicted.

[Nr1Humanoid]

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/24/breivik-verdict-sane-21-years

[King Ghidorah]

.............21 years?

[sryans]

He is not seriously going to be free ever again, is he?

EDIT: Dumb question, I should read.

Breivik is almost certain to end his life in prison. Although Norway has a maximum prison sentence of 21 years, Breivik could be sentenced to "preventive detention", which can be extended for as long as an inmate is considered dangerous to society.

[Krimzon]

So no matter how horrible a crime you commit, you can only serve 21 years in Norway?

[The Line]

....I feel stupid. I thought this was going to be about Anders from Workaholics

[Mozenrath]

Aug 24, 2012 15:16:00 GMT -5 Krimzon said:

So no matter how horrible a crime you commit, you can only serve 21 years in Norway?

In theory, but the reality is that they can keep him as long as they deem him dangerous, so in all likelihood, he will never be a free man again.

[lemonyellowson]

21 years for 77 murders is insane. The judge should get 21 years for passing that sentence.

[Mozenrath]

Aug 24, 2012 18:51:25 GMT -5 lemonyellowson said:

21 years for 77 murders is insane. The judge should get 21 years for passing that sentence.

He literally cannot sentence him longer. That is the way the law is. When 21 years is up, they review the case and decide if they will let him loose. There is no guarantee that they will, and for his own safety, along with others, odds are he will never be outside of police custody for the rest of his life.

[G✇JI☈A]

Aug 24, 2012 18:51:25 GMT -5 lemonyellowson said:

21 years for 77 murders is insane. The judge should get 21 years for passing that sentence.

The could not do more then that. That was the maximum he could be given. It may be soft, but's Norway's system and from what I heard it's one of the best in the World.

But for this guy, I don't know. I don't think he is going to learn his lesson, feel any guilt or find redemption for what he did.

What's going to happen when he gets out? He murdered kids. People remember that.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

If they still reserve the right to hold him as long as they see him as a societal threat, he's never getting out.

[Sc]

What a disgrace. This is what he's getting in prison:

If found mentally fit, he will remain isolated, for now, in the high-security prison where he uses three 86-square-foot (8-square-meter) cells: a bed room, an exercise room and a study.

Officials at Oslo's Ila Prison say the ambition would be to eventually transfer Breivik to a section with other prisoners, who have access to a school that teaches from primary grades through university-level courses, a library, a gym, work in the prison's various shops and other leisure activities.

It's all about a philosophy of humane prison treatment and rehabilitation that forms

They're actually going to try to "rehab" this guy?!?

Aug 24, 2012 18:59:07 GMT -5 G✇JI☈A said:

It may be soft, but's Norway's system and from what I heard it's one of the best in the World.

I disagree with that. From what I've heard about Singapore's prison system, I would say it's the best in the world.

[Juice]

Aug 24, 2012 18:21:35 GMT -5 The Line said:

....I feel stupid. I thought this was going to be about Anders from Workaholics

That was my first thought too lol

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Aug 24, 2012 19:26:45 GMT -5 Sc said:

What a disgrace. This is what he's getting in prison:

If found mentally fit, he will remain isolated, for now, in the high-security prison where he uses three 86-square-foot (8-square-meter) cells: a bed room, an exercise room and a study.

Officials at Oslo's Ila Prison say the ambition would be to eventually transfer Breivik to a section with other prisoners, who have access to a school that teaches from primary grades through university-level courses, a library, a gym, work in the prison's various shops and other leisure activities.

It's all about a philosophy of humane prison treatment and rehabilitation that forms

They're actually going to try to "rehab" this guy?!?

Aug 24, 2012 18:59:07 GMT -5 G✇JI☈A said:

It may be soft, but's Norway's system and from what I heard it's one of the best in the World.

I disagree with that. From what I've heard about Singapore's prison system, I would say it's the best in the world.

Well yeah, you gotta try to rehab people, this guy will spend the rest of his life in jail, but you have to try and make all criminals into better people, otherwise no one learns and you guarentee anyone released is still a criminal but more bitter and has less to lose by doing something.

And I think he might be thinking Norway's is best on re-offending rates and things like that, not just that it sounds like what should happen in jail.

[Hurbster]

You really think someone isn't going to 'have words' with him in prison ?

[Famous Rocking Chimes]

Considering he stated he wished he could've killed more, he can rot in prison for eternity for all I care.

[Deleted]

Didn't Varg Vikernes only serve 15 years for murdering Euronymous and burning some churches? Norway's judicial system is odd.

[Red Impact]

It may be odd, but their crime rates and recidivism rates are much, much, much lower than the US, so there has to be something to it.