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RE: 9-Year-Old Pleads Guilty to Stabbing Her Best Friend
legally she can not be committed of a criminal offense, or have it placed on her criminal record.
3 elements are required to prove such a crime. Mens Rea, Actus Reus, and Causation.
A child less than 10 in judged to not to be able to have the element of mens rea (The guilty mind. i.e they conciously knew what they were doing) and therefore any case must be dismissed by the judge / jury
This post was edited on 10-12-2005 at 07:46 AM by -rafy-.
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