The Age · National / Victoria

Labor defends youth crime policy as 109 charges against teen dropped

· By Angus Delaney
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The state government has vowed to “do everything” to strengthen punishments for teenagers who commit serious offences after a 14-year-old girl had more than 100 charges against her dropped because she was found to have been legally too young to understand her conduct was wrong.

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