Murder in Reykjavík

Today is a very sad day indeed, a man was shot to death in kold blood in Reykjavík, Iceland while he was changing a tire on his car.

 

The man, born in 1972, was shot once in the chest at close range on Sæbraut, Reykjavík. The police say that no suspects have been arrested but are searching the area for any hints as to who the man might be.

 

This sort of news is normal in most foreign nations but in Iceland it is almost unheard of, It is a great shock to the nation as a whole and perhaps now we have seen the full and very real end to the days of unlucked doors and an unarmed police force.

 

Icelandic law states that for murder with intent the murderer will most likely see a maximum prison term of 18 years with 3/4 served before he or she will be placed on parole. To make you even more disgusted the time spent in prison before being sentenced in a court of law, you know...the time the killer spends in prison in order to keep him or her from harming others while are very slow justice system works to process the case is almost every time seen as time served so if the criminal is in prison for 6 months before the case is put before a judge those six months are deducted from the sentence given. 18 years become 17 1/2 years. We have our brilliant lawmakers to thank for that.

 

Armed police is what we will see in the future, not only so the police officers can protect us the people but also themselves from such a brutal crime. The government will need to change laws so that such criminals as the one who killed this man will see a life term in prison and not a sad 18 years.