Should a parent be able to know where the murderer(s) of her child live? That was the original point, so my answer to that would be no.
Reason being, the temptation to exact retribution would be so strong, it would not do any good. I know if it was me, I would want to kill them myself, but would probably pay someone to do it, which I suppose would make me guilty of murder too.
But talk on here of why hasn't Denise Fergus "got over it" or "started to heal" have left me feeling saddened. Why should a mother be expected to get over the murder of her child, especially such a horrific one as this was? The fact that your child was crying out for you in his last moments and you were not there would haunt any normal person forever.
I see many bleating on about "they were only children". So? That gives them a valid excuse does it? If they had not carried out such a vicious attack, just hit him once too hard, or threw one thing at him that hit wrong killing him, then I could buy into the rehabilitation route.
But they did not do any such thing. They systematically battered and killed him, and possibly sexually assulted him too. Then, because they knew they had done wrong, they placed the body on train tracks to dispose of the evidence. Not the actions of dim children in my eyes.
The punishment should have been life in prison. No remand, no second chances. People who have worked with them have spoken out about how they feel they will kill again.
Bad childhood is no excuse. If it was, we would have children murdering children everyday. They were old enough to know that their actions were very wrong, so should pay for that accordingly. 8-yrs was not enough for what they did.