Grandstanding fears as Norwegian mass killer seeks parole

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Grandstanding fears as Norwegian mass killer seeks parole

By MARK LEWIS
January 17, 2022

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik goes to court, Tuesday, after 10 years behind bars, claiming he is no longer a danger to society and attempting to get an early release from his 21-year sentence.

The far right terrorist has shown no remorse since slaying 77 people in a bomb and gun massacre in 2011, and families of victims and survivors fear he will grandstand his extreme views during the hearing, which experts say is unlikely to deliver him an early release.

Randi Rosenqvist, the psychiatrist who has followed up Breivik since his 2012 jailing, says “I can say that I do not detect great changes in Breivik’s functioning,” since his criminal trial when he bragged about the scale of his slaughter, or his 2016 human rights case, when he raised his hand in a Nazi salute.

“In principle and practice someone seeking parole would have to show remorse, and to show that they understand why such acts cannot be repeated,” she said.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/europe-norway-8c1e0cace42c5e71a72ba0802ead181a

[Haggard Celine]

1. Jesus, he's got video games and TV and newspapers and exercise equipment!

They're treating him like some sort of honored guest. They need to treat him like mass murdering monsters deserve to be treated and lock him up in solitary for the rest of his wretched life.

[Ocelot II]

3. In Norway they believe in treating prisoners humanely

on the assumption that eventually they will be released. Breivik won’t get out any time soon, if ever; but even though prison conditions there, unlike here, are not awful and dehumanizing, the rate of recidivism is quite low, as is the crime rate over all. There’s nothing to be gained by abusing convicts; it doesn’t make them better people. It just makes us worse ones.

[Haggard Celine]

4. I don't really have a problem with treating average prisoners decently,

but when it comes to mass murderers, I want to punish them more. I don't understand how they could let someone like him apply for release after 10 years. Even though it's unlikely he'll be let out, it just seems to be an insult to the memories of all his many victims for him to be able to apply for release. But I have to remind myself that it's their country, not mine, so I don't have to like it.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Two articles on the same page Super/anti Christians can be related.

Two articles on the same page

Super/anti Christians can be related.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216255944

Is MAGA an "anti-Christian" movement?

They seem to stand for everything the Bible speaks against.

While generally claiming to be great Christians.
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/113331016

Grandstanding fears as Norwegian mass killer seeks parole

Super Christian

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Even if he got one year for each victim,

it wouldn’t be enough.

[marie999]

6. Am I reading that right? He only received a 21-year sentence for killing 77 people?

[Eugene]

7. The 21-year preventative detention sentence can be extended.

Preventative detention is indefinite. Breivik got the maximum 21 years before parole, unprecedented at the time. That sentence can then be extended 5 years at a time.

Norway does not provide for consecutive sentences. Aside from that, it's effectively 21 years to life.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_Norway

[marie999]

8. Thank you.