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Originally Posted by Trollheart
To be honest, in a way having had him committed would have been better, because he definitely didn't want that. He actually WANTED to be executed, but (Tore can correct me if I'm wrong) seems Norway has no death penalty? But he really believed himself sane, and being found insane would have really hurt him and troubled him more. Problem is, although that would have angered him, it would also have angered the relatives of the dead, because being locked up in a loony bin is not seen really as any sort of punishment, though I have no experience of such. It doesn't seem as unremittingly hopeless as jail (should be) though.
I guess Norwegian people are just too nice, but the warders should all get together and fill his cell from top to bottom with butter while he's out for his one-hour exercise break. And jam his TV onto a history channel doc about the holocaust or something, then "not hear him" when he screams for it to be changed.
OT: Tore, does "Lilyhammer", if you've seen it, accurately portray Norwegian life at all?
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I haven't really seen Lilyhammer, but my guess is that it does in a TVish sort of way
You're right that there's no death penalty here. In a sense, the Norwegian legal system wasn't really equipped to deal with this sort of crime. The last time anyone killed a lot of people in Norway was during the second world war, I believe. Maximum penalty here for murder is only 21 years which I think is pretty light on someone who's killed nearly 80 people. Many has worried that he'll be out on the streets again in 20 years time, although I'm pretty sure he'll spend the rest of his days locked up, somehow. Maybe he'll be institutionalized at some psych ward when his prison days are over.