On this subject I am unsure. As a mother my gut reaction would be to wring their necks and hang them high if I am honest. But at the same time I would hope that the physciatrists, care workers and professionals keep monitoring and studying their behaviour throughout Thompson's and Venables's incarceration if only to prevent and help pick up on warning signs with other potentially dangerous kids.

Perhaps violently explicit games and films do contribute to some people with those who are immature and slightly already unhinged. Mary Bell wouldn't have had access to any influences like that so that couldn't have contributed to her case, which makes that all the more disturbing in a way. The only thing I can come up with is that in both cases it was an extreme evil form of bullying that went way too far and crossed over the line, which has to have a punishment for the loss of a child's life, the CTV cameras showed them leading James away showing it to be premeditated, no normal 10 year old would dream of taking a toddler away from it's mother.

If James hadn't been taken would they have attempted to have taken someone elses or did they ever try it before or discuss doing it? They must have spoken about it between each other at some point. Would they have grown up and become Brady type killers if they hadn't been seen or caught. If they could make use of their time imprisoned to get to the root of it, it might prevent more potential horrors as long as they inform us the public what they have found rather than hushing it up.