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Originally Posted by antikristuseke
It is the maximum sentence available under Norwegian law, there is also a provision the extend the sentence by 5 years indeffinatly if the is still found to be a risk to society, which he will be.
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I see, well, that's fair enough, the judge has obviously done what she can under the guidelines of Norwegian law. To change the law specifically for one man would be giving him more publicity than he deserves. He's already had enough but given what he did, well, it's only natural that the media would be all over it. Normally these type of people don't make it to trial, normally they're shot dead by the police or kill themselves. It's given the world an insight into his mind, and the world has been shocked by what it has seen, not surprised perhaps, but shocked nonetheless, particularly in an area such as Norway. Further south in Europe in France, Germany or even the UK it would perhaps be less surprising, but Norway? I think that's what shocked people the most, not that it would be logical to think that Norway is exempt from the Eurabia crowd, but one does not hear of such noises from the north as often as one would do from other parts of Europe.
Should he have been declared insane? That will be the question on many peoples minds, certainly he is not insane under any real classification of the matter. He is capable of rational thought as much as irrational, and clearly a lot of planning went into the attacks. However, are his beliefs being inadvertently promoted through this declaration of sanity? Certainly he did not want to be declared insane, he fought hard against it and succeeded. Perhaps there was a part of him that was scared of being written off as 'a nutter' which would discredit his political beliefs. He has written plenty of letters whilst in jail, and looks to be writing books, although it remains to be seen if one of them will be named 'My Struggle'
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I think there's going to be a lot of introspection now that the trial has ended, many people will obviously feel upset that he wasn't declared insane, but many others will be glad that he isn't being let off the hook that easily, so to speak.
It's hard to say which decision would have been the right one to take, but I am sure that the judge did her best within the framework and definition of the Norwegian judicial system, and I hope that now some of his victims can find peace.