The high number of deaths has led some to question the nation's penal system, while some are calling for the government to impose stricter laws to further protect its citizens. According to the recent survey conducted, out of close to 1,300 people who were questioned after the tragic occurrences, 65.5 percent said that the penalties were too low, while only 23.8 percent of the people believed that they were suitable. More than half of the interviewees said that their views have changed since the bloody rampage that killed 77 people.
The 32-year old right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted to carrying out the brutal crimes in Oslo and Utoya Island, has been charged with terrorism. Under the current law, Breivik faces a maximum sentence of 21 years. He also [3]faces the risk of successive five-year protective custody sentences. Norway has no death penalty or life imprisonment, and even with Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget's 2007 proposal to extend the country's maximum sentence to 30 years for genocide, crimes against humanity and terrorism, it is still not clear whether Breivik will be tried under that "law which has not yet entered into force."
In response to the public outcry for harsher laws, Justice Minister said he is not surprised by it, but added, "we must listen and have a debate, while not drawing hasty conclusions…it's important that policy isn't shaped in a state of panic."
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