If a child under 5 accidentally or on purpose murders someone what happens to them?
Surely they would be too young to understand what they did
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Yup. Probably counseling and visit from social folks. Nothing much else, possibly a civil lawsuit (against the caregiver/guardian/parent) if the other party claims some kind of negligence.
There is the legal concept call the “age of criminal responsibility” and some nuance in between that age and a juvenile and then to full adult. Below that age (which a toddler would be) there can be no criminal charges/prosecution. (I think this is pretty absolute). Not sure if this is applicable to all countries but probably most Western legal systems.
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