DTN News - NORWAY BOMB BLASTS NEWS: Norway Mass Killer Wants Time In Court To Tell Why....NSI News Source Info # 2263(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / OSLO, Norway - July 25, 2011: Anders Behring Breivik wants to tell Norway and the world why he killed at least 93 people in a bomb attack and shooting rampage, but prosecutors have asked for Monday's custody hearing to be closed to the public.
The judge will decide whether to keep the session closed, prosecutors said in an email in English. "This issue will be negotiated after the opening of the meeting (hearing)," they said. "The judge will then read his decision to the press."
Prosecutors want Breivik detained for an initial eight weeks -- normally this is in solitary confinement with no access to news, letters or visitors, except a lawyer. His custody can be extended before his trial on terrorism charges.
Police have said a trial could be a year away. The maximum jail term in Norway is 21 years, although that can be extended if there is a risk of repeat offences.
"In theory he can be in jail for the rest of his life," said professor of criminal law at the University of Oslo, Staale Eskeland.
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