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casefields | 2 years ago

He’s being chanted as an adult. It’s a bunch of paragraphs down.

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p-e-w|2 years ago

Ok... and why is it possible to charge a minor as an adult?

That doesn't work elsewhere, does it? When a 17-year-old walks into a bar and the barman gives him alcohol, saying he decided to "serve him as an adult", will that be accepted?

kadoban|2 years ago

> Ok... and why is it possible to charge a minor as an adult?

In short: because laws were written to allow or require it in certain circumstances (combination of age and alleged crime).