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Age Of Criminality

Call to raise age of criminality

The age of criminal responsibility should be increased from 10 to 12 years, the children's commissioner for England says. Ref. Source 2

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As kids younger and younger are being exposed to violence and trying to be gangsters. I think it would be a big mistake to lighten up on them. To determine if a younger person should be held accountable in full to their actions I would judge wether the crime was premeditated.

If a child of 10 finds a gun and 10 minutes later decides to shoot some random person this I think would fall under a juvenile act possibly. If that same child finds a gun then hides it, waiting and planning for the right time and person to use it on. I think this falls under the category of a more adult type of murder.

I was 10 once, my friends and I knew better than to just go kill someone. Furthermore no one ever thought and planned on how they were going to shoot one of the other kids in the community. This sort of action is sick and should be punished to the furthest extent of the law.

That being said I don't think younger kids should be put in jail with adults. I also believe they should be given more of a chance at parol than an adult. It is a harsh stance yes, but the act of taking someones life should not be looked over so quickly just because the killer has a cherubic face and a sweet voice. In my opinion they knew what they were doing. Whether or not they knew the extent of the punishment is irrelevant.

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I think anyone under the age of 12 does not really understand that if they shoot a person with a gun they can not come back alive. They do it in the games they play all the time. Some young boys have no clue that in real life it does not work that way. This is a reason some should not be playing some of the war and shoot them up type games that are out there. I remember being young and I was never in the house. Of course we did not have all the game systems that kids have nowadays. I think parents need to made sure that their kids are not playing graphic violent games.