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New law to abolish jail terms for children

Task force proposes radical changes on how to handle delinquent juveniles

The Judiciary has proposed several changes to the current children law.

Among the proposed changes  is raising of the age at which a child is held liable for a crime, assumed to know right or wrong and a three step disciplinary procedure for arrant children.

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