Norway = No Way

A man has killed over 90 people in Norway. Seven were (presumably) adults. The others were young adults. I do not call them children, although many will. This man looked into the eyes of his victims, and pulled the trigger. He shot them at random, then finished with a "kill shot" to the back of the head with a shotgun...just to make sure they were dead. He shot them as they were running away. He shot some while they were swimming away. As they were on an island, he was able to pick off a vast majority of these youth like sitting ducks. He did it while wearing a police uniform, causing many of his victims to run toward him seeking help. He gunned them down too. And he called his deeds "gruesome but necessary."

This is horrifying, sickening, and very, very sad. What's more so?

The fact that Norway does not believe in the death penalty or even in life sentences. So for killing over 90 people, most of them not even the age of majority, he is looking at twenty-one years. 

Let me repeat that, in case you're afraid you just had a mini-seizure and misinterpreted what I wrote:

THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE THIS MAN IS LOOKING AT IS TWENTY ONE FUCKING YEARS.

I know many were infuriated over the Casey Anthony matter, but THIS is truly appalling. The comparisons stop here, because this man has admitted to his crimes. As he is only 31 years old, he will be released from prison before he is even an old man.

That is not just. It is not right.

And I'm not sure how anyone can remedy this situation, absent vigilantism. (Which I NEVER advocate, although I really liked that movie "Law Abiding Citizen.")