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hughw 1 hours ago [-]
The court hearing of Christa Pike is now under way.
Pike’s lawyers are addressing the court at the moment.
The hearing had originally been billed as a press conference.
A press conference turned into a court hearing?
roryirvine 1 hours ago [-]
The Gaurdian's liveblogger is almost certainly reporting this second-hand, most likely based on watching a livestream from some broadcast news channel. They're not actually at the court themselves.
gfrecvh 1 hours ago [-]
> experts in children’s brains development have come to recognize that 18 is but an arbitrary line in the sand
dingaling911 57 minutes ago [-]
It's interesting that various religions that regulated fitness for marriage used puberty as a marker but we use age as a marker for criminal responsibility.
I don't think there is any real alternative, do you?
kooi 22 minutes ago [-]
It's rough, but at some point there needs to be an arbitrary line.
I think 21 is used is many cases because that's supposedly when the brain has completed most of it's growing or something about pre-frontal cortex being fully developed.
I don't think there is any real alternative, do you?
I think 21 is used is many cases because that's supposedly when the brain has completed most of it's growing or something about pre-frontal cortex being fully developed.