Breivik gives partial closuer

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19376468

Anders Behring Breivik rules out verdict appeal

2012/08/24 17:30 ET

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik says he will not appeal against a court ruling finding him sane and sentencing him to 21 years in jail.

He said appealing would legitimise the court, which he rejects.

Breivik admits killing 77 people in bomb and shooting attacks last year. He says this was necessary to prevent "Islamisation" and insists he is sane.

Prosecutors - who had sought an insanity ruling - also told the Oslo court they would not appeal.

Breivik said he did not recognise the court, which he contended had "sided with the multicultural majority in parliament", but added: "I cannot appeal against the judgement because by appealing I would legitimise the court."

He went on to say: "I wish to apologise to all militant nationalists in Norway and Europe for not managing to kill more people" - but was cut off by the judge, who said this was not the time to address people outside the court.

Conflicting opinions

Delivering her verdict earlier on Friday, Judge Wenche Elisabeth Arntzen said the court considered Breivik to be suffering from "narcissistic personality characteristics" but not psychosis.

Breivik was convicted of terrorism and premeditated murder, and given the maximum sentence of 21 years' imprisonment.

However, the judge said the jail term could be prolonged at a later date if he is deemed to remain a danger to society.

She set the minimum length of imprisonment to 10 years.

Court-appointed psychiatrists had disagreed on Breivik's sanity. A first team which examined him declared him to be a paranoid schizophrenic, but the second found he was sane.

He will serve his sentence at Oslo's high-security Ila Prison, where he has been held in isolation for most of the time since his arrest.

"His goal was to be declared sane, so on that point he is satisfied," Breivik's defence lawyer, Geir Lippestad, said.

Before the verdict, he had said psychiatric care would be "worse than death".

On 22 July 2011, Breivik bombed government buildings in Oslo, killing eight people.

Later in the day, he boarded a boat to the Utoeya island, where the Labour Party was holding a youth camp.

[dalegg 143]

21 Years for killing 77 people including how many children? Now that's justice right there. I hope they are at least going to force him to eat his steak without A1 sauce.

[rocks 494]

21 Years for killing 77 people including how many children? Now that's justice right there. I hope they are at least going to force him to eat his steak without A1 sauce.

It's the maximum sentence he can get. He won't be allowed out of jail.

The indeterminate penalty, called "containment" (Norwegian: forvaring), is set at 21 years imprisonment, and the prisoner is required to serve at least 10 years before becoming eligible for parole. If the prisoner is still considered dangerous after serving the original sentence, the prisoner can receive up to five years additional containment. If the additional time is served, and the offender is still considered dangerous, a prisoner can continue to receive up to five years additional containment, and this, in theory, could result in actual life imprisonment. "Containment" is used when the prisoner is deemed a danger to society and there is a great chance of committing violent crimes in the future.[2] However, the offender can be paroled or released at any time if it is determined that the offender is no longer a danger to society.

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"jail"

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1989083,00.html

[Karee 4,191]

I know it's Sweden and Norway, but Julian Assange is a pu$$y. Scandanavian prisons look like a holiday compared to hiding out in the Ecuador embassy.

[Karee 4,191]

"jail"

http://www.time.com/...1989083,00.html

See you're not getting this. The rock climbing wall and recording studio are extreme forms of punishment. Maybe he has to spot some huge girl on the wall? Maybe he is forced to listen to Abba 24/7. Even worse, he has to communicate with Pushbrk once a day.

[Asia 2,499]

I know it's Sweden and Norway, but Julian Assange is a pu$$y. Scandanavian prisons look like a holiday compared to hiding out in the Ecuador embassy.

The thing is he won't be staying in Swedish prison. He's most wanted in the US.

[rocks 494]

The thing is he won't be staying in Swedish prison. He's most wanted in the US.

Exactly. He will be extradited.

I've read of Assange doing some questionable things to cats. I hope he goes to the US to face justice.

Edited August 25, 2012 by rocks