Morality vs. The Norway Shooter Sentencing
This morning, Ed Morrisey reported on the sentencing of Anders Brevik, the Norwegian who set off a bomb at a government building, then proceeded to murder 77 people on a retreat. We all know that Norway doesn’t believe in capital punishment, so it’s pretty obvious that they would put him away for life, right? Wrong. The judge gave Brevik a maximum sentence of 21 years in prison or 99.5 days per victim. As Ed speculates, it will likely be less than that. Hugh would probably get on my case for listening to too much Dennis Prager, but I can’t help festooning...
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