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OSLO — When Anders Behring Breivik was arrested on charges of murdering 76 people, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said that the Norwegian way to respond to the massacre was "more democracy, more openness, more humanity, but without naivety."

He did not mention punishment, and in the days since the world learned that Breivik could face a maximum 21-year prison sentence for the killings there has been some criticism of the Norwegian justice

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