Hmm. Confused.

[royalmarriage]

Okay, it's different strokes for different folks, and we can't necessarily expect the system in Norway to work the same as the one in the USA, but...

In 1980, Mark Chapman murdered John Lennon and was given 20 years to life in prison. Yesterday - 32 years later - he was refused parole for the seventh time, on the grounds that his "release at this time would greatly undermine respect for the law."

Last year Anders Breivik murdered 77 people and wounded 240 others, and has been given 21 years for that.

Am I alone in thinking that seems a bit of an under-reaction by comparison?

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[welshgirl15.livejournal.com]

Ah I see. I suppose it makes sense in a way that they can extend the sentence. As far as I know (with extremely limited knowledge of sentencing regulations) that wouldn't happen here unless they did something to warrant it while in prison. Hopefully in 21 years it will be continued.

At the end of the day, if the families of the victims and those injured are pleased with the sentencing then nobody else can argue it.