Sweden weighs 13-year-olds in criminal cases to curb gang recruitment
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Sweden plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 for the most serious offenses to curb the recruitment of children by violent gangs; the proposal, backed by the government as urgent but opposed by police and prosecutors, could take effect as early as this summer and will be reviewed by the Council on Legislation before Parliament votes.
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