The age of criminal accountability should be lowered to 10 years of age?

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The age of criminal accountability should be lowered to 10 years of age?
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In Canada, age of criminal accountability is approx. 12 years old... Do you think it should be lowered? Why or why not? I want to hear the opinions of random people... because i believe on one side.. and i wanna see if some people can convince me to the other side =]

H4	12? Yeah that seems a bit high, it's 10 in Australia and I think the UK as well. I think 10 seems better because I think between 10-12 a child should have a pretty good idea of what's right and wrong. Also for kids aged 10-14 here there is a presumption they aren't responsible but the prosecution can prove otherwise. I think automatically excluding everyone under 12 for criminal responsibility seems wrong.

aurorah	What??? Come on, that cannot be true. Don't believe you. And if it's true, I am appalled.

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