We have not come that far. Maybe not so different in the USA as they still execute people, even people who eventually are deemed innocent. Here in the UK not

We have not come that far. Maybe not so different in the USA as they still execute people, even people who eventually are deemed innocent. Here in the UK not a lot has changed. Though we no longer hang or execute people. We have reduced the age of criminal responsibilty to 10 years old, the lowest age in the whole of Europe. So those aged 10 years old can and will be tried for murder and other crimes. Can anyone remember being 10 years old? Can a 10 year old really tell the difference between right and wrong? Does the developmental age of a child have any effect on their decision making? For me being a retired psychotherapist, No they cannot tell the difference between right and wrong using rules invented by and for adults. The criminal Justice system has never served anyone but the powerful. The criminal justice system is inherently built on manipulation of the innocent and manipulation of the law. If it was not, there would be no miscarriages of justice or wrongly convicted. Who does the incarceration of human beings really serve? Who does the death penalty really serve?