Brazil’s Lula backs lowering criminal responsibility age to 16 for heinous crimes
Lula reversed his longstanding stance on criminal responsibility ahead of a presidential runoff against far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said he supports reducing the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 for crimes classified as heinous, reversing his longstanding position.
Lula announced the shift in an interview with TV Globo on Thursday night, just over a week before the presidential runoff.
He faces far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who won the first round and retains a narrow polling lead. The Guardian reported that the policy reversal was widely viewed as an electoral move.
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