I Let Him Go: The heartbreaking book from the mother of James Bulger- updated for the 30th anniversary, in memory of James: The heartbreaking book from the mother of James Bulger

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a b Mikkelson, Barbara (21 July 2001). "Murder of Jamie Bulger". Snopes.com . Retrieved 26 May 2022. Harris, Paul; Bright, Martin (24 June 2001). "The secret meetings that set James's killers free". The Guardian. London, UK. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013.

The horrific murder of James bulger is one of those events that stands out in human history and author is wrong when he states there is no such thing as evil people the darkness that exists in this world was strong the day these too no doubt budding psychopaths met each other. The inhumanity these two monsters showed to James bulger is the definition of evil and can’t be explained away by a subpar childhood. On Thursday 18 February the arresting officers start to interview the two boys. Thompson has been taken to Walton Lane Police Station and Venables has found himself in Liverpool’s Lower Lane Police Station. Both boys have samples of their blood, hair and fingernails taken.

The Investigation

This book is a cry of pain from a father who has stared into the gruesome face of pure evil and,even worse, has been betrayed by the judicial system that should have eradicated that evil without compunction. As Ralph says, "It was always about Thompson and Venables - their treatment, their recovery, their progress, their education and their human rights. I think that, morally speaking, they gave up their human rights the day they battered and murdered my son." It does not seem to have been much of a plan, and in this context, it is hard to accept that they knew they were going to kill a child. One of the two boys must have first introduced the idea that led to taking James… “Let’s get a kid…let’s get a kid lost…”. It probably did not go much further than that to begin with. … A proper, artfully conceived plan would not have involved so much casual idling, messing around and wandering in and out of shops, nor offered so many opportunities to be caught in their encounters with adults.

The author has detailed well the events leading up to the murder, as well as the aftermath and the court case itself. The only main issue I had reading this book was how little was focused on the Bulger family and how they coped - and are still coping - with the murder of their little boy. I always said if they weren’t punished in the right way they’d go on to commit more crimes, and that’s what happened,” she said. Cheston, Paul (21 June 2010). "James Bulger killer Jon Venables is 'suspected paedophile' ". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010 . Retrieved 21 June 2010. Gillan, Audrey (17 December 1999). "Fear and trauma in courtroom". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013 . Retrieved 26 July 2010. Fergus said she had not realised the extent of the police officers’ own emotional trauma during the investigation.MY JAMES can be informally divided into four sections: life with the happy toddler James; his abduction, murder and trial; the release of the two killers; and the return to prison of the one killer for Category Four child pornography.

Smith writes, ‘Such limited research as exists in this area suggests that most young people who commit serious crimes – murder, manslaughter, rape, arson – have one thing in common. They have been abused physically or sexually, or both, and emotionally, in childhood. Not all young people who commit serious crimes have been abused. And not all young people who have been abused commit serious crimes. But the pattern is there.’ The Sleep Of Reason (I'm not sure what this title actually refers to) gives us the whole sad story about how, why (is there really a why??), when, etc of the abduction, torture and death of James by two 10 year old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables.However. As much as he tried to "pitch" for the boys, i did not buy it. I had finished reading Denise's book prior to this one and no way in hell I would look at these boys as victims of their circumstances. Obviously, I don't call for any lynching but I do believe they were let off way too easily. And yes, while they may not have wanted to murder James the way they did, I am convinced they wanted to murder him "somehow" and the way it happened was possibly just a coincidence. They had several opportunities to stop what they were doing and they never did.