Hungary's Fidesz To Promote New Criminal Code

  • 5 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
Hungary's Fidesz To Promote New Criminal Code
Fidesz will launch a campaign in the autumn to outline provisions of the new criminal code, MPs Ferenc Papcsak and Roland Mengyi told reporters last week. Regarding the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility, Papcsak said in the past five years children aged 12-14 years have killed seven people, and were responsible for 778 robberies, nearly 1,000 physical assaults and 39 cases of rape.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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