User consultation: A few days ago, my 19-year-old son was detained by the public security organ for stealing 2500 yuan from others. I heard that all the money was squandered. I want to help my son relieve his guilt. Excuse me, what can I do? Legal analysis: you can see your son through a lawyer to find out his criminal facts, whether he has surrendered himself or performed meritorious service and other circumstances that can be given a lighter punishment. According to the relevant provisions of the criminal law, the amount of your son's theft has reached the legal amount, which constitutes theft. What you should do at this time is to actively help your son return the stolen goods. In this way, according to the "Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Theft Cases", although the theft of public or private property has reached the starting point of "a large amount", if the circumstances are minor, it may not be treated as a crime in any of the following circumstances: a minor who has reached the age of 16 but is under the age of 18 commits a crime; All returned stolen goods and compensation; Voluntary surrender; Being coerced to participate in theft, not sharing stolen goods or taking less stolen goods; Other circumstances are minor and not serious. Your son's behavior may be considered as a minor, not treated as a crime and exempted from prosecution.
Legal objectivity:
Article 67 of the Criminal Law: A person who voluntarily surrenders himself after committing a crime and truthfully confesses his crime is a voluntary surrender. Criminals who surrender themselves may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. Among them, if the crime is minor, the punishment may be exempted. If a criminal suspect, defendant or criminal serving a sentence who has taken compulsory measures truthfully confesses other crimes that have not been mastered by the judicial organs, he shall be deemed to have surrendered himself. Although the criminal suspect does not have the circumstances of surrender as stipulated in the preceding two paragraphs, he can be given a lighter punishment if he truthfully confesses his crime; By truthfully confessing one's crimes, particularly serious consequences are avoided and the punishment can be mitigated. Article 264 Whoever steals a large amount of public or private property, or repeatedly steals, enters a house, carries a weapon or pickpockets, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.