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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Why Norway's worst mass killer will be given a jail sentence of only 21
years... and could be on weekend parole in seven
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 8:48 AM on 25th July 2011
Killer: Anders Behring Breivik, as seen on his Facebook profile
Norway's mass killer faces a maximum jail term of just 21 years.
Astonishingly, that is the longest sentence available to judges in Norway's
benevolent justice system.
In England and Wales, repeat killers can be told they will die behind bars
with a 'whole life' tariff, and killers who use a knife or gun face minimum
terms of 25 and 30 years.
But in Norway, few killers serve more than 14 years.
Even those given the maximum term can be released after two-thirds of their
sentence, and many are given unsupervised weekend parole after just one
third.
Only in exceptional cases, if officials consider a prisoner is still highly
dangerous, will sentences be extended for additional five-year blocks.
Norway’s incarceration rates – the number of people jailed per head of
population – are among the lowest in Europe. Some 66 are behind bars for
every 100,000 citizens, less than half the figure for the UK.
The age of criminal responsibility is 15, compared with ten in England and
Wales.
Lack of jail spaces means some offenders can wait weeks or even months
before being locked up.
Many spend this time at home, often in the heart of the communities where
they committed their crimes.In one notorious case, two boys who killed a
five-year-old girl were back at school within two weeks.
The six-year-olds, who have never been named, punched, kicked and beat their
playmate Silje Redergard in 1994, a year after the killing of James Bulger
in Bootle, Merseyside.
James’s killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were jailed, then released
with new identities, and remain on licence for the rest of their lives.
Venables is back behind bars after admitting child pornography offences.
By contrast, Norway’s system saw the little girl’s killers given extensive
counselling and therapy to help them get over what happened.
They still live in the suburb of Trondheim where the shocking offence took
place.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018378/Norway-Massacre-Anders-Behring-Breivik-21-years-jail-most.html#ixzz1T85O3FMB |
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