James Bulger: Social Media Users Face Jail for Revealing Killer’s ID

Jon Venables, 10 years of age, poses for a mugshot for British authorities Feb. 20, 1993 in the United Kingdom. Both Venables and Robert Thompson were 10 years-old when they tortured and killed 2 year-old James Bulger in Bootle, England. Photo Courtesy of BWP Media via Getty Images

Social media users could go to jail for revealing the identity of infamous child-killer Jon Venables, as prisoners say his identity is known with a “price on his head.”

Venables was given a new identity when he was released on parole in 2001, having spent eight years imprisoned for the murder of two-year-old James Bulger. Venables himself was 10 at the time of the murder.