Petition Change the age of criminal responsibility to age 12 instead of 10

Children age 10-12 are being arrested for stupid crimes when they are not in the right state of mind being at the age they are. This means that I believe they do not understand what could happen to them and how dangerous committing a crime is.

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There could be an exception for crimes such as; Murder, Arson, Drug-related crimes etc....

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Date closed 6 November 2019
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