Should China's criminal responsibility be reduced?

The premise of reducing criminal responsibility is that criminal responsibility should be investigated. Reducing criminal responsibility is a problem that should be considered after the actor has committed a criminal act and determined criminal responsibility. Therefore, the premise is that there is a criminal act and the perpetrator should be investigated for criminal responsibility.

When the court gives a lighter sentence to a criminal suspect, or even refuses to give a sentence, it may be because of age, mental state, physical defects and other reasons. The actor has the ability to identify or control his own behavior. Although he has the responsibility ability, his ability to identify or control his own behavior is weakened or reduced to some extent.

What is the ability to reduce criminal responsibility?

The ability to reduce criminal responsibility is also called limited criminal responsibility ability, limited criminal responsibility ability and partial criminal responsibility ability. It is an intermediate state between full criminal responsibility ability and no criminal responsibility ability. It refers to the situation that the actor's ability to identify or control his own behavior is weakened or reduced to a certain extent due to reasons such as age, mental state, physiological function defects, etc.

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Legal basis: Article 17 of the Criminal Law 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 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.