[HPforGrownups] Re: Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame for Occlumency?)

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 101139

In a message dated 6/13/2004 7:52:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com writes:
Just a brief comment. There is a reason, why  in the criminal cases 
children often get different punishment than if the adult commits the 
same crime.
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Sherrie here:

Not always - and not of late.  Over the past decade or more, there's been 
much of a trend to have younger and younger defendants tried as adults, with 
adult penalties being given - the only differences being that they are usually 
incarcerated separately until they turn 18 or 21, and they are not generally 
subject to the death penalty where it exists.  The theory being, if they're old 
enough to do the crime, they're old enough to do the time.  (Actually something 
of a throwback - there are records of 12-year-olds being incarcerated at Sing 
Sing, back when we first opened up shop, back around 1828.)

Sherrie


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