However, minors under the age of 12 will go to jail if they commit specific crimes stipulated by law.
According to the law, the specific charges are intentional homicide, intentional injury causing death or serious injury causing serious disability by particularly cruel means, and the circumstances are bad. If the Supreme People's Procuratorate approves the prosecution, this 12-year-old minor will be investigated for criminal responsibility, that is, imprisonment.
At the same time, because 12 is a minor, he will not be sentenced and does not need to bear legal responsibility.
If a person under the age of 16 is not subject to criminal punishment, his parents or guardians shall be ordered to discipline him;
When necessary, it can also be taken in for reeducation by the government.
For minors aged 12, parents should guide them to the right path, popularize the corresponding legal knowledge, and prevent them from going astray in their later lives.
Although minors do not need to bear criminal responsibility, legal matters may cause some psychological trauma to minors, so some tragedies should be avoided in advance.
According to relevant laws and regulations, the age of criminal responsibility begins at 14 years old, and children under 12 years old are exempt from criminal punishment, but guardians should bear corresponding adverse guardianship responsibilities and bear civil liability for the harmful consequences of children's criminal behavior.
The ways to bear criminal responsibility are public surveillance, criminal detention, fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment and death penalty. Meet certain conditions, 12 years old can be sentenced to criminal responsibility, but generally it is criminal detention control.
Criminal responsibility focuses on punishment, and civil responsibility focuses on compensation. Criminal liability is more serious than civil liability.
So, if you are a minor aged 65,438+02, don't take any chances. The legal net is long and loose, and criminals will never escape the punishment of the law. At the same time, the state has lowered the age of legal intervention, hoping that minors will be qualified citizens from an early age without knowing the law and breaking the law.
I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.
Article 17 A person who has reached the age of 16 shall bear criminal responsibility for committing a crime. A person who has reached the age of 14 but is under the age of 16 commits the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion or throwing dangerous substances, and shall bear criminal responsibility. If a person who has reached the age of 12 but under the age of 14 commits the crime of intentional homicide or intentional injury, causing death or serious disability by particularly cruel means, if the circumstances are bad, he shall be prosecuted with the approval of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and shall bear criminal responsibility. If a person under the age of 18 is investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, his punishment 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 other guardians shall be ordered to discipline him; When necessary, carry out special corrective education according to law.
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.