James Bulger killers appeal against sentencing

Title

James Bulger killers appeal against sentencing

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 May 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:42

Description

Simon Moffatt(?) reports from Liverpool on the lodging of an application with the European Court of Human Rights by lawyers acting on behalf of the James Bulger schoolboy killers Jon Venables and Robert Thompson over the way they were treated by the English legal system, amid reports US lawyers may make a separate appeal on the grounds they did not receive a fair trial in an adult court. Includes James’ uncle Ray Matthews saying they did receive a fair trial; Venables’ solicitor Laurence Lee explaining the appeal is not against their sentences but the judiciary being able to award indefinite sentences.

Contributors

Ray Matthews; Laurence Lee; Simon Moffatt(?)

Keywords

Liverpool; Homicide; Children (age group); Murder trials; Trials; Civil and political rights; European Court of Human Rights; Sentencing; Appeals; James Bulger; Right to justice; Jon Venables; Robert Thompson

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