Murder, justice and human right

A few days ago, the Justice secretary Jack straw sent back Jon Venables to prison.

Who is he?


Jon Venables (Photo: AP/ Guardian.co.uk)


He was one of the murderers of 2 year old kid when he was a 10 year old boy. Here is more about that story.

James Patrick Bulger (born 16 March 1990), a two-year-old child from Kirkby, Merseyside, England was abducted, tortured, and murdered in 1993. The perpetrators were two 10-year-old boys, Jon Venables, (born 13 August 1982) and Robert Thompson (born 23 August 1982). Bulger disappeared on 12 February 1993 from the New Strand Shopping Centre, Bootle, while accompanying his mother, and his mutilated body was found on a railway line in nearby Walton on 14 February. Thompson and Venables were charged on 20 February 1993 with the abduction and murder. Wiki:

In 2001 after served in prison for less than 8 years, he was released as the parole board ruled he was no longer a threat to public safety . It was approved by the Home Office Secretary that time. Since then, he lived with a new identity.

Why was he sent back to prison?

Jon Venables, now , is back in prison for breaching his ‘life licence’. But government did not reveal yet a clear reason for why it did.

Venables is back behind bars after breaching the terms of his licence, imposed when he was freed after just eight years inside for murdering two-year-old James on Merseyside in 1993. Read more:

Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, has told us that it is not in the public interest to disclose details of the breach. Once again Straw has showcased his ability to get things totally wrong when making that statement. It is absolutely in the public interest to know what the child murderer had done. After all we have been paying for his new life which he has seen fit to throw away! Read more:

What is the reaction of public?

FURIOUS Britons last night joined The Sun in demanding that the Government reveal the full facts about child killer Jon Venables — saying: "He lost his rights when he murdered James Bulger." Read more:

Some new media claimed that this time it is related with child pornography.

Personally, although there maybe a case-by-case variation, I would not trust someone who committed a serous crime in the past. It would be just a prejudice. But It is difficult to clear my image. I presume there have been studies of repeated criminals. I would read through if I have a chance.

What would be the role of public and media in the case of Jon Venables this time? Is it absolutely true that a premature disclosure of information would undermine the integrity of the criminal justice process? Is it appropriate that people give pressure on government to reveal the details of Jon Venables's recent events before a trial?