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The Murder of James Bulger - Two 10-year-old boys abducted, tortured, and murdered a two-year-old boy, James Patrick Bulger. They led him away while he and his mother were shopping. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 7 months ago by frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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I really don't recommend reading the details of what they did to James

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[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I remember this though I wasn't aware of all the details of everything they did to the poor kid. It sickens me that a judge thought it was ok to release them but it wasn't ok to release their new identities. Where's karma when you need it.

[–] Devi@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

I mean, they had some of the longest juvenile sentences ever given. You can't keep someone in forever.

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