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.
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Case: 16-year-old niece was sentenced to 4 years in prison for helping her mother kill her uncle.
Xiao Li sat in the dock, looking like a childish student; Father Lao Li sat beside her and wiped her tears from time to time. This scene took place in the juvenile court of Wenling Court in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province on the morning of March 4th. Xiao Li was born in Henan at the end of 1999. She was accused of murder, and the deceased was her uncle Yao.
On the morning of August 28th last year, villagers in Beizha Village, xinhe town found Yao's body on the roadside. The next day, the police arrested several suspects. They are Yao's wife Shang, Yao's sister-in-law Shang Moumou (Xiao Li's mother) and Xiao Li.
According to the allegations, at 1 on the morning of August 28 last year, Yao got drunk and returned to his temporary residence, threatening to burn his sister-in-law Shang Moumou and others with gasoline. His wife, Shang, has been complaining about Yao for a long time, so she put forward the idea of strangling Yao to Shang.
Shang agreed, found a rope and held it in his hand. Shang pushed Yao down, and the two sisters tied Yao's neck with a rope. They also asked Xiao Li to help hold Yao's leg.
During the trial, Xiao Li had no objection to the accusation and voluntarily pleaded guilty. When she made her final statement, her eyes were red and tears filled her eyes.
After the trial, the court held that Xiao Li's behavior constituted a crime of intentional homicide and was a joint crime. In view of the victim Yao's fault in the initiation of this case; Xiao Li was under the age of 16 when he committed the crime. Playing a secondary and auxiliary role in the same crime is an accessory. Give him a mitigated punishment according to law. Finally, Xiao Li was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
When Xiao Li's father Lao Li came to the court, he was still carrying luggage. He came from his hometown in Henan overnight. Lao Li said that after graduating from junior high school, Xiao Li and his mother came to Wenling from their hometown to find a job. I didn't find a place to live, so I lived in the menstrual home. I didn't expect such a thing to happen.
According to an insider, Yao had a car accident more than ten years ago, and his head injury affected his frontal lobe. The frontal lobe controls emotions. Since then, Yao has been a different person. Shang said that before the accident, Yao was a family man; After the car accident, he stopped working, only drank and often abused her.
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