> 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 b

> 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.