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Sad Day for Human Rights in New Zealand
The age of criminality for children in New Zealand for crimes other that murder or manslaughter has been reduced from 14 to 12.
This means that 12 year olds will now face criminal prosecution whereas in the past, they were handled by the family court.
All the evidence shows that diverting children away from criminal processes has a far better result for preventing re-offending.
Full story here