» A caveat: Be careful not to overly lean on this speculation, however. After CBS published their story, they added this note: “In response to this piece, Lt. J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police told CBS News that the investigation into the motive for the Newtown shooting has not been completed and therefore any statements about the shooter’s intent are mere speculation.”
Among his other complaints are:
- the handcuffs he wears when being moved around the prison “are too sharp and “cut in his wrist”
- the cell is too cold, forcing him to wear three layers of clothes
- he has to rush his morning shave and brushing of teeth
- light and television switches are outside the cell, so he has to ask for help to change channel or sleep.
Ila is an all-male institution which “houses some of the country’s most dangerous men”, its website says.
While Breivik may be frustrated with his conditions (he is held in near-complete isolation), compared to other parts of the world, he has it pretty good — Norway having one of the world’s most humane prison systems. He gets a three-room suite to himself (though at 86 sq ft each, they’re far from huge), and despite killing 77 people in the infamous 2011 shooting, he has a chance to get out of prison in 21 years — if it’s seen that the time in jail has properly rehabilitated him.
Norwegian court rules Anders Behring Breivik sane, sentences him to prison
The New York Times: A court on Friday sentenced Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who admitted killing 77 people, to at least 21 years in prison after ruling that he was sane when he carried out his country’s worst peacetime atrocity. The sentence was the most severe permitted under Norwegian law, but it can be extended at a later date if he is still deemed to be a danger to society.
Photo: Anders Behring Breivik listens to the judge in the courtroom, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in Oslo, Norway (Frank Augstein / AP)
It seems light by American standards, but this is the harshest possible sentence he could have gotten.
I thought they (the attackers) were exchanging messages but realizing he was alone, I think the scream was actually a battle cry.Utoeya Island massacre survivor Ingvild Leren Stensrud • Describing what she saw and heard, the day Anders Behring Breivik attacked Oslo and Utoeya, while testifying in the Norwegian killer’s trial. Stenstrud survived the attack, with a gun shot to the left thigh, after being knocked over — and subsequently covered by — the body of another victim. Glenn Martin Waldenstroem, who survived being shot in the face, asked that Breivik be removed from the room before he testified. With Anders gone, Waldenstroem told the court that the killer “looked angry and smiled simultaneously.” source (via • follow)
I am not scared by the prospect of being in prison all my life. I was born in a prison where I could not express my beliefs. This prison is called Norway.Anders Behring Breivik, the gunman in the Norwegian mass shooting • Speaking in a court Tuesday regarding his actions. ”I have carried out the most spectacular and sophisticated attack on Europe since World War II. … These acts are based on goodness, not evil,” he also said to the court. Today was a somewhat difficult day in the court, as one of the judges was removed for saying last year that he felt Breivik should face the death penalty.
Dressed in a dark suit and sporting a thin beard, Breivik smiled as a guard removed his handcuffs in the crowded court room. The 33-year-old then flashed his salute before shaking hands with prosecutors and court officials.
“I don’t recognize Norwegian courts because you get your mandate from the Norwegian political parties who support multiculturalism,” Breivik said in his first comments to the court.
Eight people were killed in Breivik’s bombing of Oslo’s government district and 69 were slain in his shooting massacre at the left-leaning Labor Party’s youth camp on Utoya island outside the capital. Breivik has said the attacks were necessary to protect Norway from being taken over by Muslims.
“I admit to the acts, but not criminal guilt,” he told the court, insisting he had acted in self-defense.
It’s important to note that Breivik went on an island full of camp-goers and started shooting. The odds that any of them had weapons and posed a danger to Breivik is nil.
EDIT: We initially had a different phrase in place of “camp-goers,” but it was clouding the point a tad, so we changed it. Also, he’s speaking in favor of a concept of “preventative self-defense,” which legally exists as a concept in Norway, but nonetheless seems like a hard sell considering the nature of the crime. What would he have prevented by killing all these people? What risk did they create for him?
Psychiatrists: Norway shooting suspect legally insane. Anders Behring Breivik, the man charged in a bombing and shooting rampage that left dozens of people dead earlier this summer, was determined to be insane by Norwegian police, who determined he was psychotic during both the shooting and 13 later interviews. Breivik has not learned of the decision, which likely means two things: First, he probably won’t get jail time, due to Norwegian law. Second, he could be put in a mental hospital for the rest of his life, based on what a court decides. The report contradicts a court decision on the matter earlier this month. (Check our Tumbl-Zine for more background on this story.)
Anders Behring Breivik wasn’t allowed to speak at a hearing Monday, the first public hearing since the July bombing and mass shooting that killed 77 people. The hearing drew more than 500 people. The judge, Torkjel Nesheim, was quick to decide on his sanity (and also noted that he most assuredly acted alone), but would not let him recite a prepared statement for the hearing. ”This was not the main trial where he gets to explain himself,” the judge said. “I did not want to give him the opportunity to use this hearing as a platform for him to express his views.” (Check our Tumbl-Zine for more background on this story.) source
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Back when the mass murder happened in Norway earlier this summer, the only thing I could find to say was how Lacoste was probably freaking out because the guy was wearing a Lacoste sweater in every picture that came out.
It turns out I was onto something:
“French clothing firm Lacoste contacted Norwegian police to request that confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik stop wearing its products, the Dagbladet newspaper reported.”
Hah!
Because, clearly, the first thing that should be on the mind of a mass-shooter is upholding the reputation of a clothing company. This ain’t no Jersey Shore.
Sample tweet: We want Anders to be forgotten. Labels like “monster”, or “maniac” won’t do either. Media should call him pathetic; a nothing. #Forgethim (via @BreakingNews)
That “Plan A,” by the way, included multiple car bombs that targeted numerous parts of Oslo, according to police questioning of the suspect.
Caught in the crossfire: A text exchange between a mother, Marianne Bremnes, and her daughter Julie, who was caught up in the shooter’s rampage on Utøya Island in Norway on Friday. Julie eventually survived unscathed. A gripping exchange.
Update to last post: Unstable man still out there, but has nothing to do with shooting/bombing suspect Anders Behring Breivik. Norwegian police screwed that one up. Please disregard previous post.
So yeah, holy crap. Anders Behring Breivik may not have acted alone. We’ll keep an eye on this as it develops. Please disregard this tweet, Norwegian police offered up inaccurate info.
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