According to criminal law
Article 17 A person who has reached the age of 16 and is criminally responsible shall be criminally responsible if he commits a crime. 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. If a person is not given criminal punishment because he is under the age of sixteen, his parents or guardians shall be ordered to discipline him; When necessary, it can also be taken in for reeducation by the government.
Article 17 If a person who has reached the age of 75 intentionally commits a crime, he may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment; Whoever commits a crime negligently shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.
Article 49 Restrictions on the Object of Application of the Death Penalty The death penalty is not applicable to persons under the age of 18 at the time of committing the crime or women who are pregnant at the time of trial. The death penalty does not apply to people who have reached the age of 75 at the time of trial, except those who cause death by particularly cruel means.
Extended data
The age of criminal responsibility The age at which an actor should bear criminal responsibility is prescribed by law. One of the conditions of criminal responsibility. According to people's physiological and psychological development maturity and socialization degree. According to the provisions of the criminal law, anyone who reaches a certain age and is mentally normal should bear criminal responsibility for committing criminal acts. According to the criminal law of our country, the age of no responsibility is under fourteen.
In criminal trials, it is usually found that the age of the defendant has little to do with the handling of the case, such as adult defendants, but in cases involving juvenile crimes, accurate identification of the age is particularly important, which is related to whether the defendant should be investigated for criminal responsibility, whether the punishment should be lightened or mitigated, and even whether the death penalty should be applied.
References:
Wen county Public Security Bureau Network-Criminal Law