Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoELI 5 How it is legal if a person commits a crime like lets say theft at 16. Then the courts drag their feet so they turn 18 and charge them like an adult?message-squaremessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down16
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareELI 5 How it is legal if a person commits a crime like lets say theft at 16. Then the courts drag their feet so they turn 18 and charge them like an adult?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareBarbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoBeing underage at the time you commit a crime is not a guarantee you won’t be tried as an adult. They can decide on a case by case basis already, so it was likely legal even if they had been tried at 16.
Being underage at the time you commit a crime is not a guarantee you won’t be tried as an adult. They can decide on a case by case basis already, so it was likely legal even if they had been tried at 16.