"We are failing in prevention, and the coalition wants to solve it with repression," says Monika Novotná, chairwoman of the Bar Association, criticizing the proposal to reduce the criminal liability limit for the most serious acts from fifteen to thirteen years.
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Prison for 13-year-olds too? After the attack on the school in Staškov, the Minister of the Interior came up with a proposal to lower the age limit of criminal responsibility. However, experts – lawyers and psychologists – warn that this will not solve anything. The Ministry of Justice has already created a special commission to assess this proposal.
"We are failing in prevention, and the coalition wants to solve it with repression," says Monika Novotná, chairwoman of the Bar Association, criticizing the proposal to reduce the criminal liability limit for the most serious acts from fifteen to thirteen years.