Germany tries 94 year old SS camp guard as a juvenile

Just for clarification:

In Germany, children under 14 are not criminally accountable at all. From 14 to 18, they are tried as juveniles. Between 18 and 21 it is at the discretion of the court, if a criminal is tried as juvenile or adult, depending on his/her personal/mental/social development. It is possible, that the court will later consider him to be an adult. And of course(!!) the age at the time the crime was committed is relevant.

And some commented on the pixelation: This is not only done in juvenile cases. Usually, such trials are performed completely without public access. As long as a defendant is not convicted, his/her privacy is, at least to some degree, respected like that of any other citizen. I find it totally bizarre, that in US media suspects are mentioned with complete name and address, long before they are even tried.

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