Anders Breivik suing government for "inhumane" and "degrading" treatment

[Independent voter]

This is the guy who killed 70+ people mostly teenagers a few years ago. He says the prison officials are censoring his mail, the officials are claiming they don't want him spreading his right wing ideology. The government also points out he has "he has three cells he can move freely between, a computer, a TV, and a PlayStation."

I'm a little amazed at how well he is treated. Does his computer have an internet connection? Probably not.

http://www.newser.com/story/221457/m...m_content=link

Anders Behring Breivik—the man who killed 77 people, many of them teenagers, in 2011—is suing the Norwegian government, alleging his treatment while imprisoned has been "inhumane" and "degrading," AFP reports. Breivik's lawyer claims his client has "clear isolation damage" after nearly five years alone. He says Breivik is only able to interact with prison staff and lawyers and is too uncomfortable with how much his mail is monitored to form correspondence relationships, according to Reuters. Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison—the maximum allowed under Norwegian law—for a bombing outside a government building and shooting at a youth camp. He's been cut off from interacting with other prisoners ever since.

On Wednesday, the Norwegian government denied Breivik's claims that it's violating his human rights. “The measures which have been applied to the plaintiff ... are well within the limits of what is permitted,” AFP quotes a government document. It points out he has three cells he can move freely between, a computer, a TV, and a PlayStation. He's also allowed to cook his own meals and walk in the yard. The government argues it is trying to prevent Breivik—who had previously called prisons "ideal recruitment places"—from creating an "extremist network." “There are limits to his contacts with the outside world which are of course strict," a government lawyer tells AFP. "It pretty much has to be that way." A hearing on Breivik's claims is scheduled for later this month.

[Azadina]

As far as I'd be concerned, he has forfeited any human rights he might of had before the act.

[Elim Garak]

And yet people who killed thousands of people (including children) during WW2, Korea and Vietnam are treated as heroes.

[Deletedaccount1]

People like this should be executed, not given a reoccurring 12 year prison sentence.

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And yet people who killed thousands of people (including children) during WW2, Korea and Vietnam are treated as heroes.

who are you referring to?

[xChurch]

Man I don't even have a Playstation, what the fuck is this shit. He really should have just been put to death, no risk of killing an innocent man in this scenario.

[Azadina]

People like this should be executed, not given a reoccurring 12 year prison sentence.

Which one would you prefer as punishment for yourself? Execution or the rest of your life in prison?

Good, now let's use the one you didn't prefer as a punishment for a criminal.

[Wells]

Man I don't even have a Playstation, what the fuck is this shit.

Yeah but all he gets to play is Destiny. Its like the 21st century equivalent of breaking big rocks into little rocks.

Anyway, bad guy filed a lawsuit. Probably won't go anywhere. Whatevs.

[xChurch]

Which one would you prefer as punishment for yourself? Execution or the rest of your life in prison?

Good, now let's use the one you didn't prefer as a punishment for a criminal.

Personally I'd choose death. Life in a cage is no life at all.

Yeah but all he gets to play is Destiny. Its like the 21st century equivalent of breaking big rocks into little rocks.

Anyway, bad guy filed a lawsuit. Probably won't go anywhere. Whatevs.

Infinite time to grind at least?

[Elegiac]

Yeah but all he gets to play is Destiny. Its like the 21st century equivalent of breaking big rocks into little rocks.

If they really wanted to punish him they'd make him play low ranked League of Legends.

[Deletedaccount1]

Which one would you prefer as punishment for yourself? Execution or the rest of your life in prison?

Good, now let's use the one you didn't prefer as a punishment for a criminal.

Are you fucking serious? I wouldn't kill 77 people in the first place so it an asinine point to make.

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Personally I'd choose death. Life in a cage is no life at all.

How about life in 3 cages?

[Wells]

If they really wanted to punish him they'd make him play low ranked League of Legends.

Hey hey come on he only killed 77 people.

[TrumpIsPresident]

The pro-crime feels-police SJW types will be so outraged when they hear the television in his private suite/cell is only 1080p and not 2160p.

[xChurch]

Are you fucking serious? I wouldn't kill 77 people in the first place so it an asinine point to make.

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How about life in 3 cages?

Depends if you get internet access then, if so it'd basically be like my life now I suppose sans the Playstation...wait...fuck.

[Deletedaccount1]

The pro-crime feels-police SJW types will be so outraged when they hear his the television in his private suite/cell is only 1080p and not 2160p.

Your sarcasm is a microagressing me, please tone it down.

[Azadina]

Personally I'd choose death. Life in a cage is no life at all.

Exactly. Gives him some time to think what he's done.

Are you fucking serious? I wouldn't kill 77 people in the first place so it an asinine point to make.

I think you somehow managed to miss the point entirely.

[Elim Garak]

who are you referring to?

Lots of people, but the one who might be more relevant to you is Colonel Paul Tibbets who later became General, and had several movies about him and ended up in the NA Hall of Fame. He never felt bad for what he did, btw. He died at 92.

[Deletedaccount1]

Exactly. Gives him some time to think what he's done.

He is still extremely devoted to his ideology. Someone who is willing to do what he did has no respect for human life and him facing death won't change that. He deserves to die and keeping him alive is an insult to everyone who he butchered.

[xChurch]

Exactly. Gives him some time to think what he's done.

If he has a chance to get out at some point then yes let him live, if he doesn't though then even changing his ways wouldn't matter anyway.

[Azadina]

He is still extremely devoted to his ideology. Someone who is willing to do what he did has no respect for human life and him facing death won't change that. He deserves to die and keeping him alive is an insult to everyone who he butchered.

It is an insult to those he has killed that you'd want to do him a favor he no doubt wants. That's the whole point.

[Deletedaccount1]

Lots of people, but the one who might be more relevant to you is Colonel Paul Tibbets who later became General, and had several movies about him and ended up in the NA Hall of Fame. He never felt bad for what he did, btw. He died at 92.

I have no sympathy for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was completely justified. Tragic of course that so many innocent people lost their lives but it was their fault for tirelessly supporting the policies of Imperial Japan.