And that is because under the Juvenile and Justice Welfare Act, a child fifteen (15) years of age or under at the time of the commission of the offense shall be exempt from criminal liability. This means that one who is fifteen years of age who kills somebody with cruelty and evident premeditation cannot be called a murderer for after all, he is just a child in conflict with the law. Yeah, he did not do anything wrong, he's just conflicted and it's just unfortunate that somebody died because of it. Don't worry, we'll make the parents pay, literally.
You should thank your Senator Kiko Pangilinan for this law. Now syndicates can utilize kids within this age bracket in committing crimes so don't be surprised if members of the Akyat Bahay Gang or the Bukas Kotse Gang are now required to be 15 and below.
Apparently the ones responsible for this law believe that one from the ages of ten to fifteen cannot possibly discern whether or not its wrong to kill another human being. I wonder what became their basis for such a conclusion... perhaps their own childhood.
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