He did the crimes, he admits it, there is no doubt in anyone's mind whatsoever concerning the fact that he did it, and they aren't going to acquit him like he wants, so the whole procedure just seems like one pointless farce. If I was a relative of one of the victims, I would be furious for being put through months of a trial of a man everyone knows is guilty of the crime.

If it is simply a matter of him being sane or insane, surely that would be a job for special psychiatric teams and evaluations and the like, not a large and lengthy public trial? And in any case, the whole incident just points out that Norway needs to change their 21 year prison limit. Sure they can put anyone away by pretending the person is insane, and in this case certainly will, but where's the integrity? Just change the damn law, and if they feel really uncomfortable locking people up for some long periods, leave a provision saying it can only be done for the most heinous of acts.