Tag: criminal responsibility age
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Justice released a study on Tuesday showing that Brazil is the country with the fourth largest prison population in the world, falling only behind the United States,...
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff took to social media on Monday to speak out against a bill which would reduce the age for criminal responsibility from eighteen to sixteen years old....