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POLITICSJul 9 · 08:13 UTCTHE RIO TIMESLucía Martínez

Brazil Revives Its Plan to Try 16-Year-Olds as Adults

Brazil is reviving a plan to lower the age of adult criminal liability from 18 to 16. Speaker Hugo Motta assigned Mendonça Filho to draft the amendment report, with a 38-member committee set to begin work in August after the parliamentary recess. The judiciary committee has already cleared the text as the first hurdle.

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