Anders Breivik Hunger Strike

[jd_1984]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34401166

The most staggering part of this article for me is the reminder that this man only got 21 years for his crimes!

Anyway, he has enrolled with the university of Oslo which he has a right to apparently, BUT, according to Breivik :

"Studying and corresponding is not humanly possible under such circumstances, and this applies to anyone who is isolated under such conditions"

Would anyone care if he starved to death?
Should they give in to his hunger strike?

[Zacs-Master]

No they shouldn't give in to his hunger strike. I'd like to think he had at least 21 years to think about his crime.

[ummmm]

Would anyone care if he starved to death? Not me.
Should they give in to his hunger strike? NO.

[vetuste_ennemi]

This was a comment by one Norwegian in the link you provided, JD:

"To the outside world this sentence might seem mild, but this is the harshest form of penalty you can get in this country. [VE: !]
It will also most likely mean that he will never see freedom again.
It can also be reviewed and extended every five years, so that is all we can ask for.
What others must understand is that the penal system in Norway is all about rehabilitation rather than punishment."

I wonder if anyone can confirm that 21 years is the maximum sentence which can be awarded in Norway, but that it can be extended as suggested by the correspondent.

In answer to your two questions: I don't care, and no, they shouldn't.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Could this be a thread, unique in AB history, where everyone agrees?

[Khandro]

I've done a lot of portraits, and I've studied faces perhaps more than others.
I'm not a psychiatrist and I don't now how he has been assessed, but I've always felt, and what is emphasised by that photograph in the eyes and the mouth, that he is insane.
I don't have an answer, but punishing him on a daily basis for his crime will not correct this.