I think the Norwegians are capable of handling this themselves.

This is yet another misinformed piece of information the news teams love to throw around. It's 21 years and if at the end they still pose threat then they can be kept in another 5 years. So you can serve a 26 year term.


Now I still don't think that is long enough in this case, however it annoys me that the news networks just throw around what are basically lies to the general public who rely on them for reliable information.

I dident here the entire report, but one news agency was reporting that the campsite was a former Nazi Youth Camp. And that The Murderer may have thought he was killing Nazies or Muslims that were being trained as terrorists. Is it possible that there is any truth in this story you know, it seems to me that it is always some misguided lunatic that actually thinks they are doing good. When someone begins to display this kind of thinking, they need to be stopped. Evan if they have to be executed. One life lost is by far better than Hundreds or potentially thousands. What a tragedy. and there talking of letting the guy out of jail in 26 years.
----Danny,

Hi guys.

This is ulrikandthedominos, I posted occasionally here a few years ago but I'm not very good at following online communities and I've been so busy working on my bachelor degree that I eventually dropped out of here completely. Used to be the "other" Norwegian guy. Anyway, I just wanted to clarify one thing about the Norwegian legal system for future posters.

Our maximum single prison sentence is 21 years. As Snowjoe pointed out we have a system that allows the courts to review the sentence once it has been served and should they deem it necessary, extend the sentence by five years. This can in theory be done indefinitely, effectively creating a "life" sentence that is reviewed every five years. The extended sentence is only used on criminals that are considered a threat to society even after their completed sentence. I am fairly certain Breivik will be the first convict to serve an "actual" life sentence in Norwegian judicial history.

Furthermore, in case there's any confusion around this matter, AUF (the youth organization targeted by Breivik) is a democratic organization for young people who wish to engage in local and national politics, and is a sub-organization of the Norwegian Labour party. All the other major Norwegian political parties have similar organizations for youths who frequently engage in debates and help raise participation and awareness around elections. In other words, not at all like Hitler-jugend. Not a particularly classy comparison, Mr. Glenn Beck

As for me my family is safe, though sadly I've lost two wonderful, intelligent fellow students.

Thanks for all the prayers and support, it means a lot to us up here.

Ulrik.

EDIT: Ceri already explained the extended sentence.

I dident here the entire report, but one news agency was reporting that the campsite was a former Nazi Youth Camp. And that The Murderer may have thought he was killing Nazies or Muslims that were being trained as terrorists.

Good grief, not even Rupert Murdoch would broadcast something as plain stupid and malicious as that...Cheers - C