Outrage Over Handcuffed Children Leads States To Consider Raising Minimum Age of Arrest A 6-year-old boy charged with a crime for picking a tulip. An 8-year-old whose wrists were too small for a pair of handcuffs. A 9-year-old girl handcuffed and pepper sprayed in the back of a police cruiser. News stories and viral videos of small children being arrested and physically restrained have illustrated a disturbing fact about the American criminal justice system: In most states there's no limit on when a small child can be considered a criminal. Now legislators around the country are pushing bills to raise the minimum age at which kids can be arrested. Lawmakers in Colorado, Florida, ... Continue reading... https://reason.com/2021/03/26/outra...es-to-consider-raising-minimum-age-of-arrest/ | Find in Internet Archives | [google]Outrage Over Handcuffed Children Leads States To Consider Raising Minimum Age of Arrest[/google]
