The age of a criminal suspect sometimes plays a key role in the stages of arrest and trial. Sometimes, law enforcement officers tend to adopt a more humane approach to handling cases because the person has not reached the age limit by one or two days.
The reporter learned yesterday from the Pinghu Procuratorate that when handling a theft case, the court discovered that there were doubts about the age of the suspect Ah Li. After multiple verifications, the prosecutor found that the boy was a minor when he committed the crime and decided not to arrest him.
A Li is from Yibin, Sichuan. The household registration shows that he was born on the day, month and year. At the beginning of this year, Li came to Pinghu with his fellow villagers. Because he had no high education and no skills, he could not find a suitable job for a while.
With no job, the money brought in from home was quickly spent, and he could hardly maintain his basic life. In order to have money for consumption as soon as possible, he came up with the crooked idea of stealing.
During the day, when all the fellow villagers went to work, Li started to walk around. It is complicated to bring out many tenants in this area. After checking the points, Ah Li had a goal. On the night of March 1, Li went outside a rented house and saw no one inside, so he climbed into the window and entered the house. This time he stole multiple cash.
The money was quickly spent and a week later he reached out again. This time he stole multiple yuan in cash and a mobile phone worth ¥ from a nearby rental house in the morning.
A Li was addicted to stealing. One day, he stole from households one after another and stole many yuan of cash.
The victim who had a large amount of cash stolen called the police. Soon Ah Li fell into the French Open. Because the household registration information showed that Li was over one year old, the police requested approval for arrest.
The prosecutor then intervened in the investigation and learned from Ah Li that he was born on the 21st day of the fifth lunar month. If he was under one year old when he committed the crime, he would not be arrested.
In order to corroborate Ah Li’s statement, the prosecutor made detailed inquiries with Ah Li’s father and relatives and confirmed that his birth date was the 21st day of the fifth lunar month in the Gregorian calendar.
In the end, the Pinghu City Procuratorate decided not to approve his arrest because it believed that Ah Li had not reached the age of criminal responsibility. But the prosecutor gave Ah Li a comprehensive education to make him realize his mistake.
It is reported that since the establishment of the Juvenile Criminal Prosecution Section in Pinghu City this month, the Pinghu City Procuratorate has launched age-first investigation procedures for several criminal suspects in accordance with the law. legitimate rights and interests.
(The characters in the article are pseudonyms)