Photo: JasonDoiy/Getty Images Five-year-old who fatally shot twin brother will not face charges in California
State policy suggests that children under 14 years of age are not capable of committing a crime if “they did not know about its illegality” at that time.
The 5-year-old California boy who fatally shot his twin brother last week has won. Authorities say I won't be charged with a crime.
This case shows how… Many US states have policies that set a minimum age for prosecution, taking into account knowledge of wrongfulness and criminal intent. In California, children under 14 years of age are considered incompetent to commit a crime unless «at the time… the act was charged they were aware of its wrongfulness,» according to the state's criminal code.
The twins at the center of a recent murder in California got into a fight Wednesday when one of the brothers grabbed a small kitchen knife and stabbed his sibling in an unincorporated area, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office. Scotts Valley. The wounded boy died in the hospital.
«We grieve for the family of these two young children and share their grief,» the sheriff's office wrote in a Facebook post. Thursday. However, the agency added, authorities do not plan to file criminal charges in the death.
“California law dictates that age, criminal intent and knowledge of wrongfulness are factors required to bring charges. child in the commission of a crime,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. “Based on the ongoing investigation, there is also no indication of negligence or criminal activity on the part of any other party.”
Scotts Valley is about 55 miles (89 km) south of San Francisco. .
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