Breivik: Lippestad

Breivik Dept: Now the police were calling him to say the suspected mass murderer wanted Mr. Lippestad as his lawyer. Mr. Lippestad took the case and found himself not only defending Mr. Breivik, but also explaining to the world the importance of fair trials, justice and protecting a legal system where even the most heinous criminal is treated like a human being, according to Globe and Mail. Sitting in his modest office above a shoe store in central Oslo last week, the soft-spoken lawyer said the solution wasn t to limit free speech or censor people like Mr. Breivik. Instead, xenophobic ideas like his need to be aggressively challenged. Get it out in the light. Look at it. What is it? Face up to it, he said and video: Norway killer tells court he d do it again It wasn t easy. Mr. Lippestad faced death threats, had a swastika painted on the side of his house and feared for the safety of his wife and eight children. But over time, his arguments about justice and fairness won out and Norwegians came to view him as something of a hero, even selecting him Person of the Year, for 2012, in two newspaper polls. He is now finishing a book, called What We Stand For, that uses the Breivik case to explore how Western societies should confront extremists. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.