Two attacked in Philadelphia’s violent playground ‘game’
Two residents of Southwest Philadelphia were injured - one of them seriously - in separate, recent attacks by youth engaging in a violent game they have dubbed "Catch and Wreck," police said tonight.
Lt. John Walker of Southwest Detectives said tonight a 12-year-old girl has been charged with aggravated assault and related offenses in connection with an attack on a 42-year-old woman Friday night, and additional arrests are expected.
In the game, a group of children between the ages of nine and 15 congregating at the Finnegan Playground at 69th Street and Grovers Avenue beat, strike and stomp adults they believe may be homeless, Walker said. He said neither victim in the two attacks was homeless.
Vincent Poppa, 73, remains hospitalized at Methodist Hospital a full week after he was hit in the back of the head with a gun, knocked unconscious and stomped by a group of four or five male youths...
Killick asked a simple question about a point of information; he deserves a simple reply (which for the US, is not all that simple): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_infancy#Ages_of_criminal_responsibility_by_country
Killick wrote: "Detectives said tonight a 12-year-old girl has been charged with aggravated assault and related offenses in connection with an attack...." Wow. 12 years old?? In Britain we have just had the discussion on "Age of criminal responsibility." The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland is 10; and 8 in Scotland. What is the age in America?
There is no age of criminal responsibility in America because the criminals had an unhappy childhood, or are poor, or misunderstood.
At what age does a child begin thinking that he/she can get away with a crime? The age should be when that 'child' can be convinced that what he/she did was wrong. The problem is, we are becoming a nation that is increasingly repulsed by the thought of punishment for crime.
"Detectives said tonight a 12-year-old girl has been charged with aggravated assault and related offenses in connection with an attack...."
Wow. 12 years old??
In Britain we have just had the discussion on "Age of criminal responsibility." The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland is 10; and 8 in Scotland.
What is the age in America?
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