Argentina's Justice Minister backs lowering age of criminal responsibility

Argentina's Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona supports a bill to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14. He emphasized that the law must show that juvenile offenders will face consequences.

Buenos Aires, February 13 (NA) – Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona affirmed that 'the law must convey to society that those who commit offenses will pay for them,' regarding the project on the Juvenile Penal Regime, which reduces the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 years. News in development...

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