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A new bill keeping 10 year olds out of jail is a good start, but it needs to go further

  • Written by Thomas Crofts, Professor, School of Law and Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
A new bill keeping 10 year olds out of jail is a good start, but it needs to go furtherChildren as young as ten may well lack the capacity to understand the wrongfulness of their behaviour.Shutterstock

A nine-year-old boy was recently charged with arson and five counts of murder in Illinois, US. In court, the boy didn’t even understand what “arson” meant.

In Australia, a nine year old cannot be prosecuted and found...

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