Overview
- An internal CSU paper proposes a court "accountability procedure" for children under 14, with parents and youth authorities present, allowing judges to order educational measures under uniform standards.
- The draft would permit juvenile criminal law to apply from age 12 instead of the current threshold of 14.
- It also calls for tougher penalties for specified offenses, including knife attacks, the use of knockout drops, and group rape.
- CSU Bundestag members are slated to consider the proposal at their Kloster Seeon retreat, according to reports from Mediengruppe Bayern and dpa.
- Implementation faces a procedural hurdle because the Union–SPD coalition agreement requires a study on youth violence before any juvenile-justice changes.