Should Jon Venables Be Released?

[naomi24]

//'Release Jon Venables and he WILL kill again': James Bulger's father pleads to parole board not to free his son's murderer as he prepares to make latest bid for freedom//

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10556867/James-Bulgers-father-pleads-parole-board-not-free-Jon-Venables-saying-kill-again.html

[ToraToraTora]

He's a wrong un, should never see the light of day again.

[aelmpvw]

i don't think that any child killer should be released

[tiggerblue10]

Nope!

[jno]

how does Bulger's father know?

[douglas9401]

Only when he's dead.

[pixie374]

Absolutely not.
//In Venables' last failed bid for freedom in 2020, the Board said he still showed an attraction to sexual violence as the reason for keeping him locked up//. What has changed in that time?
The other one was released over 20 years ago, and has been lawful since. But this one appears to have grown from an evil child to an evil adult.
And whatever the reasons, I can't see him ever being safe for release. He is exactly rhe kind of person the death penalty was created for. No hope.

[Lie-in King]

No, he should never be released.

[Barsel]

I don't think he should be released.

[Ken4155]

While we can all understand the opinions of both parents of poor James Bulger, his murderer(s) should be punished as the law dictates. If he is deemed fit for release, then so be it. Ditto if he is not.

[choux]

Never.
There is a malevolence about Venables that is so evil I could never imagine his rehabilitation.

[pixie374]

That's what will happen, Ken, but it doesn't mean we should agree with it. I'm sure his future victims won't.

[Ken4155]

Pixie, i'm not saying he ought to be released, and i don't think he will be. In an ideal world, anyone who deliberately takes the life of another person ought never to see the light of day again, imho.
But, despite it's flaws, i do still believe, and have faith, in the British justice system.

[jno]

Ken, yes, the centralised justice system took over prosecutions centuries ago to try to stamp out blood feuds, lynch law, mob rule and the like. I'm fine with that. I'm also fine with Venables being kept locked up, but not because the victim's family say so.

[choux]

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/parole-board/about

"...Our job is to determine if someone is safe to release. We do that with great care, and public safety is our number one priority...

[elliemay1]

No, never release him

[jno]

the Parole Board seem to have screwed up badly in the Worboys case.

[pixie374]

I know you aren't, Ken. I just see so many mistakes and misjudgenents with "justice", that I'm not as confident.

[Khandro]

He should be released and with a new identity, but closely supervised by people who know what they are doing. It's pointless listening to the father of the victim.

[Sqad]

I really can't answer the question by the OP and nor am I qualified to answer, but I am damn sure that I would not like to be a member of the Parole Board dealing with his request.

[pixie374]

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-january-to-march-2020/proven-reoffending-statistics-january-to-march-2020

Up to a third recidivism, for violent crime only. Either the justice system isn't working, or the prisons. Or both.