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.
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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?
Anders Breivik Sympathizer Arrested In Czech Republic
This Monday, April 16, 2012 file photo shows Anders Behring Breivik gesturing as he arrives at the courtroom in Oslo, Norway. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
AP 08/18/12 02:27 PM ET
PRAGUE -- A man believed to be a sympathizer of Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested in the Czech Republic for building up a stash of weapons, explosives, a detonator and an automatic rifle at his home, according to local media reports.
The 29-year-old man, living in the eastern city of Ostrava, had used Breivik's name in email communication, Czech news agency CTK reported Saturday. He was arrested Aug. 10 in Ostrava. Police would not comment further on the apparent Breivik link.
"In a home search we've found computer equipment, weapons, ammunition and explosives," CTK quoted Ostrava criminal police head Radovan Vojta as saying.
Vojta said police bomb experts were examining the seized material.
The suspect, who was not identified, has been convicted five times in the past on explosives-related charges. On one occasion, he blew up explosives near a highway in Ostrava.
Right-wing extremist Breivik shot dead 69 people on a rampage at a youth camp at Utoya island, Norway, on July 22, 2011, after killing eight people in a bombing in Oslo.
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