Calls rising for harsher punishment for juvenile crimes
(WorldNews South Korea)

By Lee Suh-yoon Calls are once again growing for the government to treat juvenile delinquents in the same way it treats adult offenders amid escalating violent crimes by minors who receive less severe penalties. According to the nation`s Juvenile Act, perpetrators aged 14 and under cannot be sent to jail and those under the age of 18, who commit crimes punishable by the death penalty or life imprisonment, can only be given a prison...