China is set to put three minors on trial for the alleged murder of another child, in a case that has shocked the nation and sparked public debate over the treatment of juvenile offenders.
According to the provincial prosecutor on Monday , it had received a police request last month to criminally try the three suspects, surnamed Zhang, Li and Ma. Who were all aged under 14 at the time of the murder, For bullying a middle-school classmate surnamed Wang over a long period before killing him last month.
The gruesome details of the case, in which the killers reportedly buried Wang’s body in an abandoned greenhouse, drew public attention to how the law deals with juveniles accused of serious crimes.
Recall in 2021, China lowered its age of criminal responsibility from 14 to 12 for cases it termed special, such as inflicting death by “extremely cruel means”.
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