highwaystar101 said:
Perhaps I should explain the case a little more. Jon Venables, the man in this article, was convicted of murder in 1993 of a child named James Bulger. The catch is that Jon Venables was a child himself at the time. So he was sent to juvenile prison until he was 18. The case was very high profile in the UK. Earlier this year John Venables was sent back to prison for allegedly possessing child pornography (although to me this appears to be more tabloid hearsay than fact), either way his latest crime was enough to send him back to prison. So he's not in prison for murder, but another offence. |
Ah, that explains things better anyway. Still not sure I have an opinion honestly.
The truth is... the majority of prisoners probably aren't recoverable, most in prison learn how to be better criminals.
We don't have the money to reform them all, and instead it gets spread out like it is now. It would be more effective to focus that money in on people who have the best shot of being reformed, but that's all based on personal judgements and likely to cause problems due to racism, favoritism and just administrator opinion.
Doing a bit of research... this guy does seem actually repentant for what he did as it sounds like the lead up to his rearrest was a mental breakdown from the guilt.
Of course he seems so guilty and selfdestructive it's hard to say if he can really be "reclaimed" to be useful in society.
