21 years for Breivik

[Clarino]

If he decides to kill more people, he may take the option of feigning remorse. It's just too soon to say. But the man is evil, so I certainly wouldn't put it past him. Stretch his neck and have done.

[The Comrade]

why is killing him somehow better?

i don't get the mentality here.

[Sazari]

It's not rational or about best outcomes, it's just retribution

[Ameriman]

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[The Tooth]

How so? If this guy's killing spree had affected my life, I'd be more satisfied knowing that he's paying for it now, will still be paying for it in 10 years, and considering the unlikelihood of his showing any remorse (he doesn't even acknowledge that he committed a criminal act), will be paying for it for the rest of his life. I'm a mean sonofabitch, and I feel that for some, death is too kind. If killing someone is the only way to stop them, fire away. Breivik's been stopped though, so killing him is not necessary. If I had any emotional stake in this, I'd rather his punishment lasted years rather than the few seconds it would take to electrocute him.

[Boris Johnson]

Yes, but if you kill him. Perhaps the victims could be allowed to hold his severed head in turns in some sort of forest clearing (i'm sure Norway has plenty) and scream some sort of revenge based cry into the night.

That is justice.

[The Tooth]

I don't think it's the victims (or their families, actually. The victims are dead) who are clamoring for the death penalty. It's far-right message board denizens from another country altogether.

[Ameriman]