But owing to what the Supreme Court has called a “gross mistake”, the law considers ‘heinous’ those crimes which have as a minimum limit seven years’ imprisonment. The accused in the 2016 hit-and-run case, now aged 22, can only be tried as a child. On the other hand, there are mistaken ideas about young people’s ‘liberty’ among those who can afford it. Driving around the father’s expensive car and running signals or running over another person become, in this narrative, part of ‘growing up’. As the Supreme Court has said, legislators need to look into it.

Source: The Telegraph January 15, 2020 22:07 UTC