1。 Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency * * Cases of juvenile delinquency over the age of 14 but under the age of 16 shall not be heard in public. Cases of crimes committed by minors aged over 16 and under 18 are generally not heard in public.
2。 General provisions of criminal law Article 17 A person who has reached the age of 16 commits a crime and shall bear criminal responsibility. A person who has reached the age of 14 but under the age of 16 commits the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion and poisoning, and shall bear criminal responsibility.
If a person who has reached the age of 14 and is under the age of 18 commits a crime, he shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.
Article 232 Whoever intentionally kills shall be sentenced to death, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
Article 233 Whoever negligently causes death shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years.
You can write an article about this rule and see for yourself.
My friend's children are not well disciplined. If so, something will happen in the future, which will only encourage his bad habits, but it will not be good for him to be locked up for a long time. In short, it depends on his future fate.
If you find a lawyer, you can't escape legal punishment if you settle it privately.