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Norwegian Shooter Faces Only 21 Years in Prison

theatlantic:

A heavily armored vehicle delivered Anders Behring Breivik to the back door of an Oslo courthouse for his first court appearance on Monday. The 32-year-old attacker has been charged with terrorist crimes, an offense that bears a maximum prison sentence of 21-years under Norwegian law, though it can be extended if the convict is deemed a threat to society. Breivik has confessed to the facts of committing the pair of attacks that left 93 dead on Friday but has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges.

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  2. thenewmanhattanite said: 21 years is however the longest a man can serve in norway. It can be extended under certain circumstances, and I certainly hope it will be. It was a horrible crime committed by a truly disturbed man.
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  4. ileftmyheartindistricttwelve said: WHAAAAA? My apologies for being undignified…but I think he deserves life plus every age of every teen killed (if that makes sense). It’s not just terrorism, it’s lives he took as well as potential from those lives.
  5. tanya77 reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    I highly doubt this guy will NOT be “deemed a threat to society”.
  6. thefortnightly reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    And in the US that’s the mandatory minimum for how little Marijuana?
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    Why isn’t he charged with murder? I will be the first one to tell you that our American CJ system is all kinds of messed...
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    Bezzeg nálunk a Csillagban.
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