Ok, not the fault of the probation system.....

[R1Geezer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...d-merseyside-11818188
But why was this lowlife out anyway?

[jno]

in hopes that he would readjust to society and start working and paying tax, rather than being a burden on the taxpayer. This doesn't seem to have worked out and possibly never will, in his case. But the other offender hasn't caused any problems, so it was worth a try

[Buenchico]

I'm with Paul Mendelle on this one:
http://www.telegraph....eading-barrister.html

Chris

[R1Geezer]

so you'd have wanted this vermin to get off scot free then chris?

[Gromit]

This wouldn't happen under Sharia Law. Maybe that would interest you Geezer?

[Buenchico]

I'd have wanted compassion and treatment instead of punishment, R1Geezer

[jaydah]

Venebles has spent his formative years with bad parenting then prison. Its a reflexion on the prison reform system for Venebles to be re-offending. He hasn't known a normal upbringing most of us are blessed with.

He's not a rabid dog to be put down but he desperately needs counselling & help. I think it is the fault of the Probation System !

[flip_flop]

hmmm - I'm not sure about being treated with compassion. From what I've read about what they did to Bulger it showed an imagination for cruelty beyond their years, so I think punishment, first and foremost, was correct.

I think some people are inherently bad and beyond help, and it certainly appears that Venables is one of them.

[R1Geezer]

Yes chris, just like the compassion he showed James Bulger eh?

[jno]

why shouldn't a state made up of adults show more compassion than the average 10-year-old boy?