Report says Anders Breivik should not be punished...

Having paranoid schizophrenia doesn't mean you're not able to live an almost normal and independent life, nor does it affect intelligence. The insanity is that he thinks he's living in a delusional universe where he saw himself as a savior of Europe and Norway. He also thinks he was being followed and watched a lot of the time, by police and government agents, basically anyone that was close to him and he didn't know, was added to his "kill list", including the psychiatrists that were evaluating him.

Paranoid Schizophrenia is one of the most serious mental illnesses that one can have, it's also on of the most common mental illnesses that serious criminals have.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/192621.php

I read about this in Aftenposten yesterday, just after the two court-appointed psychiatrists had submitted their report to the court in Oslo.

They are two of the leading experts in their field in Norway, and their report will still be evaluated by a panel of other experts before the court makes its final decision. However, it seems likely that the court will accept the finding that Breivik is psychotic, having been developing paranoid schizophrenia for a longer period, and not capable of answering for his deeds before a court of law.

Interestingly, as the article linked below shows, he has not been allowed to see the report. The reason stated is that it contains details that they do not wish him to see:

http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Behring-Breivik-fr-ikke-lese-rapporten-om-seg-selv-6710748.html

Sending him to a secure mental institution would be, IMO, the best solution all round. It will deny him a platform for his nutbar views and spare the families of the victims the pain of having to hear all the gory details thrashed out during a trial. It will also deny racists and neo-nazis an excuse to rally round him, and those who advocate the kinds of policies that he did will now have to face the reality that they are parroting the views of a certified madman rather than a political prisoner/martyr. The worst aspect of his being in prison would be that he could pass his fanatical views on to shorter-stay prisoners, who might then further propagate them after their release. I assume his fellow patients in the mental institution will be obvious lifers.;)

He can be confined indefinitely in a mental institution, albeit with his case reviewed every three years, and there is no way he will ever be released without a court ordering it. And that will probably never happen.;)