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Raise age of criminality, children's commissioner says

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The age of criminal responsibility should be raised from 10 to 12, says England's children's commissioner.

Maggie Atkinson said the killers of James Bulger should have undergone "programmes" to help turn their lives around, rather than being prosecuted.

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This article suggests that the Childrens Commissioner wishes to change the law, and within the article she is quoted as saying that Venables and Thompson, the murderers of James Bulger, should not have been tried as adults. She goes further, in saying that politicians should not let the opinions of the victims families alter thier attitudes toward harsher treatment of young offenders.
I have to say, Im thorougly disgusted by this, as it shows a complete lack of regard for the victim (the ONLY important party) and thier families. Thoughts please?

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My personal angle on this , is that no matter the psychopathology, any person who could do something this terrible, deserves to have his rights taken from him, all of them. His right to liberty, and his right to his very life. I have LIVED the effects of the "you can't touch me" society that young offenders partake of. I was a victim of serious abuse by other children when I was young, and nothing was ever done. If those things had occured now, then the people responsible would have been up for assault charges, bordering on attempted murder. If I havent seen fit to go round murdering people, even though I have been abused and have suffered, then NO ONE has an excuse. I know that Venables and Thompson both had disturbed upbringings, and of course this has a baring on thier actions, but heres the thing. I do not care. I had to overcome my conditioning, I had to ignore my suffering and get the hell on with it. If I can do it, then any one can, and not doing so is a willful and evil CHOICE. Wether one makes that choice at the age of 8 or 18 is in my opinion imaterial. All that matters is wether or not victims and thier families get justice, real justice. Life must mean life, and justice must stop protecting people who would gladly cover this land in blood and mayhem , just for kicks.

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