reading this thread reminded me of the Jamie Bulger case (it actually has its own wikipedia page, you can look it up but i dont want to link it here because its distressing and disturbing).
the two boys (aged 10/11) were set free some years later and given new identities, and it scares the hell out of me to think that one day one of them could be a friend, a boyfriend, whatever, without me even knowing.
one of them was actually charged with another crime a few years ago (its all on the wiki page).
Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy.. so many serial killers start off in childhood. because nothing is done about it, they're free to go on..
what i get from this, i guess, is that a child committing a crime like this now is usually an indication as to what they'll be like in adulthood.
