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Explainer: how the Norwegian courts operate

17/04/12 3,359 Views 10 Comments


Image: Press Association

THE VERY PUBLIC trial of self-confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has
brought up many questions about how the criminal justice system in Norway operates.

What is a lay judge? Why did court officials shake the hands of a man who has admitted
to killing 77 innocent people? Why is the maximum sentence only 21 years?

Here, TheJournal.ie answers the queries that have been raised during the
first two days of what has been described as Norway’s trial of the century.

[...] .. appetizer .. pictures .. ?s, .. bottom link .. to git ya goin' .. lol ..

Is there a jury in the Breivik trial?
What is a lay judge?
Does Norway even have the death penalty?
Who is defending Breivik?
Why did some of the court staff shake hands with the accused?
Why broadcast some of the trial but not all of it?
If he has already confessed, why the trial?
But what is this self-defence plea all about?
The courtroom looks pretty new?
How do the judges come to a verdict?
Can any verdict be appealed by Breivik?

Read TheJournal.ie’s full coverage of the Breivik Trial> .. http://www.thejournal.ie/topic/breivik/

heaps more .. http://www.thejournal.ie/explainer-how-the-norwegian-courts-operate-420142-Apr2012/

GOOD, that's done .. lol .. back to protozoa and universe .. screw Brevik .. recommend the article, though .. :)