Should the age of criminal responsibility be raised?

Children as young as ten can currently be prosecuted

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CCTV footage showing the abduction of two-year-old James Bulger by Jon Venables in 1993
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Experts working in youth services and the justice system have called for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised in England and Wales.

Under current laws, children can be arrested, tried and convicted of a crime when they are just ten - the lowest minimum age in the EU.

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