A person who has reached the age of 16 will be held criminally liable, while a person under the age of 16 will not be held criminally liable.
Heilongjiang middle school students were chased by eight people fell into the river and died in the caseBefore the accident, Zhao Bing was a junior high school student in Chahayang Township Central School. 2021 April 3, Zhao Bing disappeared while herding sheep along the local Nomin River. Two months later, the family posted a search for Zhao Bing and struggled to find him. Local government departments also organized salvage teams to search along the Nomin River and the Nenjiang River. It wasn't until noon on June 8, 2021 that Zhao Bing's body was found in a tributary near the banks of the Nomin River in Dongyang Village, Gannan County. Afterward, the family discovered that Zhao Bing had disappeared after being chased by eight other children who then fell into the river. On July 23 of the same year, Zhao Xidong received a notice of filing from the Gannan County Public Security Bureau. The case of Zhao Bing being intentionally injured was examined and found to meet the criteria for criminal filing. So far, Zhao Bing's body is still stored in the local funeral home. February 28, Zhao Bing's uncle Zhao said his nephew's case will be March 1 morning in Gannan County People's Court hearing. And said the whole family will go to the court to attend the trial, hoping that the court will severely punish the offenders and let his nephew rest in peace as soon as possible.
What are the charges involved in this case?From the description above, it can be seen that the eight children deliberately drove the victim into the cold river water and did not directly stone the victim's body. The children's jostling was a normal occurrence. When the victim was driven into the water, the possibility of death by drowning should have been foreseen, or the group of children thought that although there was a possibility of drowning, the victim would not die as a result. Therefore, in the absence of any other evidence, it is more likely that the crime involved in this case is manslaughter.
What would the court decide?In this case, the suspects ranged in age from 13 to 18. The lawyer said that according to Article 17 of China's Criminal Law, a person who has reached the age of 16 shall be held criminally responsible for the crime; a person who has reached the age of 14 and is not yet 16 shall be held criminally responsible for the crime, except for the intentional commission of special? Eight kinds of crime? Except, not criminally responsible. The lawyer suggested that the child is in the naive and lively, naughty and active age, life is precious but not to be repeated, any time to put the child's safety education in the first place.
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