The article discusses the alleged dilemma facing Chinese society on how to properly balance leniency and accountability for juvenile violators of the law by citing the case of three middle school students who were accused of murdering a classmate. Also cited are the 2021 move by China to amend its criminal code to lower the age of murder suspects eligible for criminal prosecution to 12 and the alleged leniency of the Chinese justice system to juvenile offenders.
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