by jam 16 Replies latest social relationships
There is something admirable in the testimony of those quoted who are directly involved. It shows a strength of character and general social concern that supercedes personal interest. One should respect such, methinks.
OTOH, the sentence is lightweight considering the crime, as there should be no chance for release but I'd bet it's safe to say his deeds will not go forgotten and that he'll die in prison.
I am sorry - it is not unreasonable, ignorant, or misinformed to expect that a person who killed 77 people in cold blood for political reasons should serve more than 22 years for the crime.
It is simple common sense that he should have served a bare minimum of life without parole for this crime (if they have no death penalty).
This psycopath cannot be rehabilitated. But - He should NEVER be released under any circumstances even if he could be, due to the gravity of this crime.
Thank you Berengaria for some much needed reason and information. Maybe this will intelligently curb the usual "European socialism revealed" idiocies from ignorance.
Thank you BC. But it appears that you are overly opptimistic
The length of time that he got is a disgrace. There are people in the USA that have gone to prison for longer than 21 years just for having marijuana.
Justice did NOT get served in this case, and if I was a family member of one of the victims I would be infuriated. At the very least, he needs to rot in prison for the rest of his life, without access to anything such as TV, Internet, sports, etc. Prison should not be a comfortable environment for those types of creatures who murder others in cold blood.
US murder rate 4.4 per 100000 Norway murder rate 0.6 per 100000.
What is the goal?
James said:
This psycopath cannot be rehabilitated. But - He should NEVER be released under any circumstances even if he could be, due to the gravity of this crime.
When our murder/crime rates and "% of population incarcarated" drop below theirs, then perhaps we could lecture them on how to operate their criminal justice system.
The guy went all-American Psycho far-Right xenophobic militant on them, armed with semi-automatic firearms, hunting down kids trapped on an island (the children of elite liberals, if that makes you feel a bit more relieved by the sentence).
The guy seemed to fall victim to the Functional Illiterati conspiracy-thinking, as has recently been seen on this forum (eg "cultural Marxist" rants were found in what he wrote before he started shooting kids). So add him to the list of the Neo-Nazi in MN, the Illiterati guy who crashed his plane into the IRS in TX a few years ago, the Fed Bldg bomber in OK, Unibomber Ted Kaczinski, etc. The body-count from such Far-Right conpiracy hate-group conspiratorial nut-jobs grows....
144001 said:
And their strict gun control laws likely increased the casualties in this tragedy . . .
Perhaps if the kids on the vacation island were allowed to carry handguns, there'd be a different outcome?
BTW, the sentence was the maximum sentence under Norway law; it can (and almost certainly will) be extended as he goes. He likely will spend the rest of his life in prison, since they haven't found a cure for schizophrenia/narcissistic personality disorder yet....
So save the "socialism is evil!" crap for another thread: I could think of a NO MORE INAPPROPRIATE time to mention it, when these CHILDREN died at the hands of an Islamophobic anti-socialist nut-job....
BTW, the sentence he got can (and almost certainly will) be extended as he goes: he likely will spend the rest of his life in prison,Awwww KS! You told them! It was clearly stated in the article above, and yet they couldn't find it.
