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Mark Moore

Children As Young As 10 Years Old Can Be Jailed In Australia Under New Law

Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Lia Finocchiaro, shown during a debate with her opponent Eva Lawler in August, defended the government's lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 10 years old, saying the law will allow the government to intervene in the lives of children who commit crimes. (Credit: Pema Tamang Pakhrin-Pool/Getty Images)

Children as young as 10 years old can once again be sent to jail in Australia's Northern Territory after parliament changed a law to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 12, citing a "crime crisis."

The Country Liberal Party, elected in August, passed the measure as part of a series of bail reform measures called "Declan's Law" in honor of a bottle shop worker who was killed by a teen who was out on bail at the time.

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