Charged with murder at age 12: tried as an adult

According to the indictment, he hit a 30-year-old woman with his car and deliberately killed her. But he’s twelve and there’s nothing strange about even seeing him appear on trial. But in a country like Italy where juvenile justice is a watertight sector compared to a mundane industry and will never see anyone under the age of 18 engage in the trial, in this case no.

We are in Sheffield in the north of the UK where a child was brought to ordinary justice on a murder charge rather than facing the maximum sentence for a minor. An unprecedented case. The trial was therefore given the green light, after the decision, which was formalized in a brief preliminary hearing by Judge Richardson of the Sheffield Crown Court; she told him.

In fact, the next trial will be the one where he will admit his guilt or innocence. But meanwhile, at least thirty years had passed since a little Englishman was not sent to an ordinary court to stand trial for murder. It is a fact discussed by various jurists and unthinkable in other countries, including Italy.

Source: Today IT

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