Legal Age Of Juvenile Reduced To 16 Years

16 November 2016 Information

Assistant Director General of the Criminal Investigation General Department in the Interior Ministry Brigadier Badr Al-Ghadouri has confirmed the implementation of the bill to reduce the legal age of a juvenile to 16 years old by the beginning of 2017.

According to the bill, juvenile offenders should appear before a penal court instead of the juvenile court; hence, the possibility of facing death penalty.

 

 

SOURCE : IIK

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