Criminal age 'should be raised'
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A new report calls for the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales to be raised to 14.
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The Scottish Executive is backing plans to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes from 16 to 18.
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More than 70 people who committed crimes as 16- and 17-year-olds are on death row - and thatâs where they should stay. Courts often try juveniles of this age as adults, so they should be punished as adults.
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Raising the state pension age to 68 is needed to avoid a future 4p income tax rise, minister John Hutton says.
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The Scottish Tories call for tougher management of sex offenders in the wake of the Angelika Kluk trial.
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The minimum driving age must be raised to 18 to stop young people "killing themselves and others", MPs say.
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A leading children's charity calls for action to stamp out age discrimination against young people.
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The government needs to do more to rehabilitate Britain's youth, says Ed Miliband.
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LONDON, Feb. 18 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Sunday that he wanted to lower to 17 the age at which a mandatory five-year sentence could be imposed for illegally possessing a gun. The announcement followed the shooting deaths of three teenagers.
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A leading member of the GAA suggests that health screening for young people should be investigated.
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Pupils accused of knife or drug crimes deserve a 'fair trial', say lawyers
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DNA fingerprints of more than 100 children aged under 10 stored despite their being younger than the age of criminal responsibility.
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People who sell drugs near schools or use children to help them could get tougher  sentences under a new law.
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"The SPD cannot close its eyes to the fact that 43% of all violent crimes in Germany are committed by people under 21 years of age and that nearly half of these are by foreign youths"  The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, today gave her backing to a controversial plan to introduce boot camps and "warning shot" spells in prison for criminal youths. via Surrey Hants Star
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Raising the retirement age to 68 is the "right thing to do," minister John Hutton will tell an audience.
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Children at risk of sex offending need more help in a bid to reverse the rising number of sex crimes committed by youngsters, experts say.
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The US Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday as it prepares to decide whether it is unconstitutionally cruel to sentence 16- and 17-year old criminals to death.