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Legally or morally?At what age are we fully responsible for our actions?
While still in the womb. Kicking your mother from the inside should be illegal.What is the youngest age that a criminal should be punished as an adult?
All humans are sentenced to life by default. Death is a salvation.Is it right to give a child a life sentence or the death sentence?
Only your brain would think of that!While still in the womb. Kicking your mother from the inside should be illegal.
Wait 'till you see what my Brian can come up with.Only your brain would think of that!
I even think a bit younger than that you know right from wrong. As far as crimes go...being charged as an adult should depend on the crime.From the age of 12. By this time you should know right from wrong.
Fair point, Kale. Something serious such as rape, murder or another crime which used violence should definitely be punished with an adult sentence.
As a child you should get a second chance for almost everything but murder and rape or something that scars another human being for life like being crippled because you drove drunk. Murder and rape death penalty for everyone. Something like driving drunk and making someone crippled life in jail.
Yep, agree. I have no remorse or sympathy for people who were drinking and driving which caused someone to become paralyzed or die. I will never forgive the perosn if it were a family member or friend. You made a shitty choice, live with the consequences.As a child you should get a second chance for almost everything but murder and rape or something that scars another human being for life like being crippled because you drove drunk. Murder and rape death penalty for everyone. Something like driving drunk and making someone crippled life in jail.
Well many years ago in the UK..two ten year old boys..took a two year old by the hand from a shopping centre. His mother let go for a second..turned and he was gone. They tortured him and left him on railway tracks where you can guess what happened… They knew right from wrong. One of them is addicted to kiddie porn. He should be locked away in a mental hospital in my opinion…
I think for someone young carrying out terrible acts, they were probably subject to a lot of abuse and suffering themselves. However,I think when a human being crosses a certain line of depravity involving heinous acts, it's very hard to put that genie back in the bottle. At the very least, they probably cannot live a life that is unsupervised for years.
For a very young child say 7 , not sure what one can do? I don't think we really want to execute children for crimes. A 7 yr old really cannot understand life and death. But, if that 7 yr old has done terrible things, it's going to be very difficult to let that child then grow up in society without a lot of supervision.
Well many years ago in the UK..two ten year old boys..took a two year old by the hand from a shopping centre. His mother let go for a second..turned and he was gone. They tortured him and left him on railway tracks where you can guess what happened… They knew right from wrong. One of them is addicted to kiddie porn. He should be locked away in a mental hospital in my opinion…
There's an old school statement!I read about it in Time Magazine
The death penalty should be given to any serious criminal 14 and above. By then, you KNOW right from wrong.
People can change a lot in 4 yearsBecause in Britain and Ireland, one ceases to be classed as a child at 14. And by then you definitely should distinguish right from wrong. After all, you are only 4 years from adulthood.
In terms of criminal responsibility NO juvenile should EVER be tried as an adult.
If you're old enough to do the crime, you're old enough to serve the time.
Most juveniles at the age of 14, Frankie, don't know their head from their most times.14 and above.
Anyone 16 and under simply doesn't have the mental cognizance and capacity (in most cases) to understand right from wrong.
I stand by what I said.This is completely inaccurate. 12 and under, I agree but when you become a teenager, you're no longer this stupid little kid who knows nothing. By 13, you should have been properly taught about what is and isn't okay to do. Further, by 13, based off your surroundings, you should be aware that X/Y/Z is a crime. This notion that teenagers are innocent, stupid and underdeveloped is a cop out. I've been a kleptomaniac all my life. Even at 13, I knew stealing was wrong and I shouldn't do it. There is no justification at all.