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> Another place where thresholding is misplaced is minors (below the age of 18 years) being subject to different laws (this is for India at least), e.g., seriou
by t-3 4mo ago
> Another place where thresholding is misplaced is minors (below the age of 18 years) being subject to different laws (this is for India at least), e.g., seriously different punishments for crimes like homicide or rape. I have heard that crime groups then purposefully involve minors, push the blames on them if caught, and effectively get away for much less.
This also used to be common in the US, but nowadays for (violent?) crimes minors can be charged as adults, so this kind of thing is only done for drugs and organized stealing rather than murders and violent crimes.
- loeg 4mo ago> This also used to be common in the US I think it more or less still is. (Memorialized in The Offspring's Come Out and Play: "If you're under 18, you won't be doing any time.") > but nowadays for (violent?) crimes minors can be charged as adults, so this kind of thing is only done for drugs and organized stealing rather than murders and violent crimes. Minors are very occasionally charged as adults, but still mostly get lesser sentences for all kinds of crimes. Gangs prefer to recruit minors, probably in part because minors are stupid/immature enough to join gang life.