‘Implement Juvenile Justice Act’
Amid the failure of the 17th Congress to pass a bill to lower the minimum age for criminal responsibility, child ...
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6 years in jail for parents of bad kids?
The parents of a child who has committed a serious crime will be jailed for six years, up from six ...
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‘Criminal age’ set at 12, not 9
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 15 ...
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House bill punishes parents for their children’s offenses
Parents will be jailed for the crimes that their children commit under the substitute bill lowering the minimum age of ...
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Panel’s take on criminal liability age lauded
AN OPPOSITION lawmaker on Saturday welcomed the move of the House of Representatives’ sub-committee on correction reforms to keep the ...
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