Tag: criminal responsibility

Northern Territory Country Liberal Party Will Not Raise Age of Criminal Responsibility

Northern Territory (NT) Country Liberal Party (CLP) Leader Lia Finocchiaro has stated that her party will not raise the age of criminal responsibility if they are elected to Government in 2024. In a social media post on Sunday, Finocchiaro said that the CLP is committed to putting the rights of victims before those of offenders….


Australia Heads Towards Raising Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility to 12

All Australian state Attorney-Generals have agreed to support the development of a proposal raising the minimum criminal age of responsibility from 10 to 12-years on Friday. Australia’s two territories have also committed to raising the age to 12 and will work on reforms, including adequate diversion programs and services. The Tasmanian Attorney-General Elise Archer said it…


Final Arguments Over Criminal Responsibility Scheduled in High School Stabbing Case

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.—Final arguments are scheduled to begin today over the criminal responsibility of a man who fatally stabbed a student and wounded another at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C. Gabriel Klein was convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated assault in March for the 2016 attack. Thirteen-year-old Letisha Reimer died in the attack and…