Raise Age of Criminal Responsibility to at Least 14, Says ICCL - 06/11/2025
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Justice this week, calling for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 14. In 2018, 14-year-old school girl Ana Kriegel was murdered in an abandoned home in Lucan, County Dublin. The following year, two children, known only as Boy A and Boy B, were convicted of her murder. One was also convicted of sexual assault "involving serious violence".Currently, for most offences it is 12 and 10 if a child is charged with murder, manslaughter, rape or aggravated sexual assault.Procedural Rights Fellow with ICCL…
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