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Originally Posted by Joe444

the joe had to think about this long and hard and trust me when i say them and there familys are living a life sentace and it is far from happy. i just think its time to move on as the law of the land has spoken and we have to accecpt it. so my reply to my question is yes < whats yours ?




age of criminal responsibility



this is mega in the news,

the bulger boy trouble did instigate,

i no what they did,

but the age we criminalise we need to investigate.

this is a extreme case,

other factors have to be considered,

what have these boys been through,

to have pure evil delivered.

from what i have heard,

there up bringing was brutal,

with no love and care,

i am not surprised they ended up far from fruitful.

with all this in place,

there age of responsibility must be a exception,

kids are a product of there environment,

and my justification lies with there daily reception.

the law of this land has spoke,

venables and thompson lost there child hood years,

they have paid there debt to society,

but, no one wins in this case of pure tears.

Another good one Joe - very poignant!

I have mixed feelings - a part of me wants to say they must be evil to commit such a crime - but another part says what happened in their lives to make them capable of such an atrocity - what other factors may have been involved that we are not necessarily aware of?

Fact is they were 10 - it is so young - Thompson may be so remorseful now he is older and fully aware of what he did. They may have mental health problems - maybe that is why Venables has gone on to re-offend. Who knows - it isn't black and white!