Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
What I don't understand is why it's treated as one crime, casualties in Oslo died because of an explosion, a bomb is one crime. But the rampage on that island are 76 crimes, for each victim he pulled the trigger after all. It would make more sense.
I assume (without being a lawyer) that §62 in the penal code is in effect. Basically if someone commits several crimes that each on their own is a criminal offence you get one sentene for all the crimes, but it has to be higher than the minimum punishment would be if the person had done only one of the crimes. Not sure how this is applied when the crimes all qualify for 21 years imprisonment, but I assume you can't go higher than the maximum... So yeah, assuming my interpetation of the law is correct the police treat it as one crime, because that is how it will be judged. (Like I said I am not a lawyer so I don't know the reasoning behind the paragraph)