Berni Supported Lowering the Age of Imputability, but Explained Why the Bill Approved in Deputies Is "a Disaster"

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In the midst of the parliamentary debate on the lowering of the age of punishment, many legislators and specialists warned that, if the reform was consolidated, criminal organizations would be encouraged to lower the age of recruitment, a phenomenon that has already happened in countries of the region such as Ecuador, Brazil and Mexico.

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The Chamber of Deputies gave preliminary approval to the Juvenile Criminal Law, one of the central initiatives on the government's legislative agenda, which proposes lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 14 for serious crimes. The bill was approved with 149 votes in favor and 100 against, with no abstentions, and will now be considered by the Senate. The approved text establishes that adolescents aged 14 and 15 may be held criminally re…

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The former Minister of Security of Buenos Aires, Sergio Berni, was interviewed in C5N, where he analyzed the average sanction of the Juvenile Penal Regime in the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation. In the midst of the controversy and the questionings of different sectors, Berni was in favour of lowering the age of imputability to 14 years: “Not only do I consider it necessary but indispensable.” However, he marked strong differences with the appr…

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By 144 votes to 100, the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation endorsed the bill to lower the age of imputability to 14 years. After the “historic” average sanction in the Senate that achieved the officialism for the labor reform, the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation approved on Thursday the decrease of the age of imputability of minors. The new ceiling is 14 years. The initiative passes to the Senate. Progress was also made with the ratification o…