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Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has complained that he is facing 'torture' in prison, because, among other things, he is not allowed access to a more up-to-date Playstation computer console.Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik has threatened to go on hunger strike for better video games and other perks to alleviate his "torture"-like prison conditions, in a letter received by AFP Friday.
The right-wing extremist -- who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage on July 22, 2011 -- enclosed a typed list of 12 demands sent to prison authorities in November.
He described as "torture" the conditions in two prisons -- Ila near Oslo and Skien in southeast Norway -- where he is serving out a 21-year sentence. The demands include better conditions for his daily walk and the right to communicate more freely with the outside world, which he argues are in line with European rights legislation.
He also demanded the replacement of a PlayStation 2 games console for a more recent PS3 "with access to more adult games that I get to choose myself" as well as a sofa or armchair instead of a "painful" chair.
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http://www.thelocal.no/20140214/breivik-sends-hand-written-letter-to-afp-wire-agency
And your horse Breivik! And your horse.
ck4829
(35,096 posts)JJChambers
(1,115 posts)In cases like this, where there is literally no doubt and the crimes are exceptionally heinous, I fully support immediate execution following conviction. Andres deserves a bullet to the head and to be forgotten.
11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)Blue_Tires
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Has me feeling equal parts admiration, envy, pride, amazement, shock, anger and disgust...
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)One for each limb. Then they ride off in different directions.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,226 posts)A little more fitting for his deeds.
TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)I'm a free man who never killed anybody, yet I never had a Playstation of any kind.
I've been being tortured all along?
Nika
(546 posts)There are 77 people unable to even breathe because of this pig, screw him and his unreasonable demands.
He's lucky he is in that legal system and not that of the U.S. Here he probably would be on death row and or in prison for the rest of his worthless life.
siligut
(12,272 posts)These RW extremists believe they are the chosen people, just like you or I believe the sky is blue.
B2G
(9,766 posts)Nice job Norway.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Remember his email was 'hacked' and deleted? very early after capture.
Who did he correspond with among those persons he admired?
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)No brainer.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)but I don't think he'd appreciate it.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)So sayeth the defenders of Norway's wonderful justice system here at DU (who not surprisingly are absent from this thread), even though they can give zero explanation as to how they are going to keep him held when said 21 years expire. I mean, how would that be "fair", right?
Mind you, the prisons there are like day spas. And that's praised here while this right wing asshole laughs about blowing away 77 promising young liberal minded people.
mythology
(9,527 posts)I don't know enough about the Norwegian criminal justice system to say if it's better or not, but I know enough to know that Breivik's sentence can be extended if he's still deemed a threat to society. Which he will be.
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/24/qa_about_norway_massacre_case/
Yes the official max sentence is 21 years, but there are provisions that if the prisoner is still found to be a threat, the prisoner remains in jail. Do you really think they are going to decide a guy who describes himself as a militant nationalist, who killed 77 people, mostly kids, out?
Nika
(546 posts)Compared to U.S. prisoners he has it make. Allegedly they can keep on extending his sentence if they judge him to be still dangerous. I hope that is so. If he does get out, I hope he is murdered himself, the prick.
cinnabonbon
(860 posts)pansypoo53219
(21,005 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)No TV. No games. Nothing. To keep him sane, let him read books selected by the families of his victims, one at a time.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)sweden is shutting down prisons because they don't have enough criminals to fill them.
Crepuscular
(1,057 posts)Where they execute innocent Giraffes and provide mass murderers with video games!
Oakenshield
(614 posts)Let's be realistic. At least in a Scandinavian country, the cops are a good deal more responsible.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Than being cooked to death by chemicals or electricity by my dime.
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Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Sadly, of late I rather think a kill-happy eugenicist would be more than welcome. Maybe you should apply for MIRT.
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)Stupid, murdering, useless fuckwit asshole.
If he doesn't like it, he can try one of the gulags waiting for him in Putin's Russia, just 3 countries to the east.
penultimate
(1,110 posts)Just kidding... What an ass. If I killed 77 people, I'd be happy with just being allowed to have a gameboy... Well, so long as it's a gameboy color, anything else would be uncivilized.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)I have visited the prisons in my state. They are not pleasant and do not include video consoles. I think he belongs in a lower benefit institution.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)My understanding is that Norway can hold him past 21 years until he's "safe for society", which I hope they agree is NEVER.
TBF
(32,119 posts)in a mass shooting at a Workers' Youth League (AUF) camp on the island of Utøya. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik
He's lucky he's still alive as far as I'm concerned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_Youth_League_%28Norway%29