The headstone of murdered toddler James Buger in Kirkdale cemetery in Fazakerley, Liverpool. It has been released today, James Bulger's killers have been granted their freedom by the Parole Board, according to sources close to the case. * The board has decided they should be released on life licences, the sources said. The results of parole hearings held earlier this week for Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were being confirmed later today by the Home Secretary David Blunkett.