A 6-year-old boy who plucked a tulip from the lawn at a bus stop in North Carolina in the United States recently went to court after being charged with injury to real property. The 6-year-old went to juvenile court after his mother couldn’t make the intake meeting, the report said. The arrest of the boy, who is Black, has also been seen as a case of racial discrimination in the juvenile justice system. “The earlier that you introduce a child to the criminal justice system, the higher the chances are that they will remain in the criminal justice system,” she stressed. At 6 years old, North Carolina has the lowest minimum age in the world to enter the juvenile justice system, the report said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 24, 2021 04:52 UTC