"The killers of James Bulger should not have been prosecuted for his murder, the new Children’s Commissioner says today in a call for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised from 10 to 12 years old.In an exclusive interview with The Times, Maggie Atkinson argues that children under the age of 12 should not be prosecuted for any crime."
Such detached-from-reality people as this lady should be removed from any position of responsibility whatsoever! Society simply cannot afford them any longer!
How can there possibly be a pretence that 10 and 11 year olds do not know right from wrong? - I have taught enough of them over years to recognise absolute piffle when I see it!
A large part of the criminalising of our nation stems from the failure to address bad behaviour at a sufficiently young age. Where morality has not been inculcated into a child, 'fear' must form a large proportion of the dealing with miscreants. Precisely where in the system can this be found?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7060549.ece
