At a shopping mall, Bobby Thompson and Jon Venables, both 10, were seen dragging James Bulger, 3, through the streets, telling passersby that he was their brother. They tortured and killed him, then hung out at a video store in their blood-stained clothes. This book delves into court transcripts and probes the psyche of the two young murderers. Photos. Fine.
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Very disturbing indeed,
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This review is from: Fatal Innocence: The Crime That Shocked the World-The Story of Two British Ten-Year-Old Killers and Their Three-Year-Old Victim (Paperback)
In Australia, this book was tiled "The Sleep Of Reason," and yes, that is what reason did on the fateful afternoon of 12 February 1993 - it slept, and it slept very soundly indeed, leaving us profoundly disturbed and scratching our heads and asking the perennial "Why? questions that can never be answered. Are, or were these boys evil? Nobody can answer that for sure. Surely a child of 10 knows that when you throw a brick at someone and it hits them, it will hurt. Surely they knew that when you beat someone, blood will be shed. And surely they must realise that when you attack someone and cause them to sustain the grievous injuries sustained by little James Bulger, a likely outcome is death? So, my personal analysis leads me to the conclusion of evil, but that fact is really only for the sociologists and Sigmund Freuds among us to debate.Totally unbiased, this is reporting at its highest level. Smith describes the atmosphere in which the offenders were bred, their lives before they committed the crime, and the fatal cynergism between them which resulted in a brutal death for a 3 year old boy and a lifetime of grief for his anguished parents.
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This review is from: Fatal Innocence: The Crime That Shocked the World-The Story of Two British Ten-Year-Old Killers and Their Three-Year-Old Victim (Paperback)
This is one of the saddest books I have ever read.I don't know of anyone who could read it and not cry for poor little Jamie and his family.I hope the murderers themselves get all the help they need,they are after all only children.A very graphic account of a very sad event.Keep your tissues handy.
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This review is from: Fatal Innocence: The Crime That Shocked the World-The Story of Two British Ten-Year-Old Killers and Their Three-Year-Old Victim (Paperback)
Very briefly,an addictive read.With all the recent news coverage of venebles i wanted to know the real story of that dreadful day and quite possibly found the book that tells it. At times a bit disturbing and upsetting and caused me a few sleepless moments
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