The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids

Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by CheezeIt on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:54AM (#28836844)

It’s one with fifty sovereign states with their own criminal justice and judicial systems. So the question really should be, You can jail children in Tennessee?

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Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by DoItToMe81 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:16AM (#28848471)

The majority of the US states have no minimum age of criminal responsibility. Other ex-colonial federations have states with their own laws and courts, too, yet do not have this problem.

In fact, the US is the only country in the world to lack these legal protections.

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Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by polypodiopsi on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:45AM (#28837479)

So is this an unusual thing or are their more states in the federation where this is done?

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Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by CheezeIt on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @07:22PM (#28846311)

I think you see stuff at this level in every country.

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