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| Lowering the Age of Criminal Liability | |
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| Karsie | Jul 30 2016, 04:42 PM Post #1 |
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The Duterte administration is proposing the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9, which they say is higher than those set in the US and Singapore, which is 7. There are reports that criminal gangs are using children to peddle illegal drugs. Sen. Francis Pangilinan raised the age of criminal responsibility to 15 when the amendments to the Juvenile Justice System and Welfare Act were being tackled in 2013. This time, Cong. Alvarez filed a bill aimed at amending the “Pangilinan Law” to bring back the age of criminal responsibility to nine. Are you in favor of this proposal? A child will usually be considered to have “discernment” between the ages of 8 and 10. In other countries, the age of criminal responsibility are: England and Wales - 10 Northern Ireland - 10 Bangladesh - 7 India - 7 Myanmar - 7 Nigeria - 7 Pakistan - 7 South Africa - 7 Sudan - 7 Tanzania - 7 Thailand - 7 United States - 7 (Age is determined by state, minimum age is 7 in most states under common law) Indonesia - 8 Kenya - 8 UK (Scotland) - 8 Ethiopia - 9 Iran - 9 (Age 9 for girls, 15 for boys) Nepal - 10 Ukraine - 10 For OTHERS, refer to this list: http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~haralds/LECTURENOTES/crim109/lec11juvyjust.htm I think the age of Criminal Responsibility should be determined by emotional, mental, intellectual maturity and that it not be set too low. |
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