I think it interesting and very sad that I have, several times, heard the case put forward that, since to all intents and purposes the boys had a better quality of life in jail, and managed to take A levels and so on, that somehow makes it more unfair that they should be released, as though they had in someway been 'rewarded for their actions'.........the person not wanting to reflect on what kind of family background could mean you would enhance your life chances in prison or what the implications of that on a ten-year old might be. As for whether they had a fair trial or not, I think few people doubt they did not.With Mr Murdoch, and the rest of the gutter press at the forefront of the public outcry, there was little chance they would. Don't misunderstand me, if that had been my child, I have no doubt I would have gone out of my mind with grief and rage, but is that a good reason for the rest of the country to?