Has Jon Venables' identity been exposed...?

[toythatkills]

My point was that I don't think he paid for his crime and that he doesn't deserve a chance at enjoying life after the misery he caused.

Well, there's not much you can do about opinions like that, but you must see that it's for this very reason that their identities need to be protected?

[Daragon]

Anonymity isn't granted based on the crime, it's granted based on the risk to the the person if people knew where to find them.

Even with that being said, Venables needs to be confined, both for his safety and for the public's peace of mind. The argument being raised here, and has been what most of us are trying to get across is that the guy does not deserve his anonymity if he continues to act inappropriately. He needs confinement, up until a point where his clearly unhealthy urges are tackled.

[toythatkills]

He is confined. Isn't he in prison at the moment?

[Daragon]

Well then I hope he's getting appropriate treatment and not raped in a shower!

[Howiee]

I have no faith in the system.

True story:
While I was living at university a little boy called Wesley Nealey got murdered in the West End of Newcastle by an 18 year old student called Dominic McKilligan. This happened in the house next door to me.
McKilligan groomed Nealey over several weeks by getting him to help him mend his car in the back road behind our houses. One day he dragged him into the garage, sexually assaulted him, murdered him and dumped him in the Northumberland countryside.
In the trial it was discovered that McKilligan had commited sexual offences on young children in his home town of Bournemouth (if I remember correctly) which he had been charged for and been in Young Offenders for.
He came up to Newcastle College who placed him in a house with 2 lads and 2 lasses who had no idea who he was or what he had done previously. One of the 2 girls had a severe mental breakdown having discovered the truth of who she was living with and what he had done.

The system doesn't work. I have no sympathy. I don't agree with lynch mobbings but have no problem with people like this being identified.

That is just the most awful story.