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Callum Godde and William Ton

Leaders urged not to mess with criminal responsibility

A report says legal presumptions regarding youth criminal responsibility in NSW should remain. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Legal advocates have welcomed a report's recommendations into a presumption that children under 14 are "incapable of evil", urging a state not to tinker with the long-standing principle, despite a drop in youth convictions.

A NSW review of doli incapax was released on Saturday after it was launched by the state Labor government in May amid a national debate about youth crime.

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