As someone whose mother retired from a state Atty. Generals office and whose wife is a Norwegian legal assistant, I can tell you forvaring is very foreign to the American reference frame. Sufficiently so that I have been discussing it with my wife since before Breiviks murders in Oslo and on Utøya, and I still do not have a firm grasp of it. Breivik will not simply be released in 21 years though; the forvaring law was created about a decade ago to ensure that sort of thing does not happen, and Breivik will almost certainly be in prison for life.
All in all, despite the strangeness of the law to me, I have no doubt that Norwegian officals will never let him out.
*MySmiley*
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Norway killer Anders Breivik ruled sane, given 21-year prison term
24/08/2012 11:35:06 AM
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Only 21 years? Weaksauce. *NM*
24/08/2012 02:35:56 PM
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It can be extended if they think he's still a danger. *NM*
24/08/2012 03:24:41 PM
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How do they decide that?
24/08/2012 04:22:31 PM
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[Norway, 20 years from now]
24/08/2012 04:42:45 PM
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OR
24/08/2012 04:54:39 PM
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Pretty sure mine's more futuristically accurate. *NM*
24/08/2012 05:23:33 PM
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Your extensive experience with forensic psychology is really shining through here. *NM*
25/08/2012 11:08:28 AM
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Is it that simple?
24/08/2012 05:04:34 PM
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Actually, in the sentence declared...
24/08/2012 05:10:44 PM
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If that's so . . .
24/08/2012 05:19:51 PM
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Well, obviously, it's in case he reforms
24/08/2012 08:02:48 PM
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That's where the system goes wrong though.
24/08/2012 08:46:49 PM
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There is a point to keep him locked up. Actually, 77 points.
25/08/2012 06:12:36 PM
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I agree.
25/08/2012 06:26:34 PM
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From what I can tell they do it that way to impose a minimum sentence without parole.
26/08/2012 01:28:21 AM
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Yes, very foreign frame of reference.
26/08/2012 04:36:19 PM
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really? I hate the media
24/08/2012 09:22:03 PM
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Jonte is right about forvaring, but it is so foreign to us media overlooking it is hardly surprising
26/08/2012 01:16:17 AM
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LOL, my wife and I have nearly given up on an English translation of "forvaring."
26/08/2012 12:50:19 AM
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Can you give some version of it?
26/08/2012 01:38:07 AM
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Did, in my response to rt.
26/08/2012 01:55:05 AM
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Timothy McVeigh was executed.
24/08/2012 05:13:49 PM
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I never did understand the point of this trial
24/08/2012 06:27:57 PM
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Well, wouldn't the answer be that nobody goes to any sort of institution w/o first
24/08/2012 06:39:56 PM
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I mostly agree with you.
24/08/2012 06:48:04 PM
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What people think.
25/08/2012 07:03:02 PM
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hm
25/08/2012 07:34:05 PM
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So far, it looks like I am wrong
25/08/2012 09:28:09 PM
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I don't know if being a sociopath is the same as being insane.
25/08/2012 09:30:47 PM
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Which is the biggest reason I probably need to be more hip to the definitions.
25/08/2012 09:52:19 PM
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Yeah, exactly. That kinda makes it impossible for me to vote. *NM*
26/08/2012 12:10:38 AM
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It is really REALLY hard to decide; even professional have had difficulty.
26/08/2012 02:08:43 AM
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21 years for killing 70+ people - Norway is a crazy, crazy place. *NM*
25/08/2012 04:44:07 PM
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Did you read any of the other replies in this post?
25/08/2012 05:24:21 PM
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Did you really expect him to read when he had the opportunity to be loud and snippy? *NM*
26/08/2012 01:40:30 AM
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It would be an understatement to say I have mixed feelings about this.
26/08/2012 12:39:19 AM
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For those who are confused about the premise of the Norwegian justice system
26/08/2012 09:25:18 AM
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I fear this clarification may further confuse things, by making punishment seem a non-factor.
26/08/2012 09:41:48 PM
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