7-Year-Old Boy Charged With Rape in New York
Socialites, get into this story! A seven-year-old boy has been charged with rape in upstate New York.
According to WWNYTV, The unidentified minor was charged with third-degree rape — a felony — by state police on Tuesday. The child, from Brasher Falls, was initially just cited and later released. While full details on the incident have not been shared yet, state troopers say the initial sex offense complaint was made the day before Thanksgiving of last year. The alleged victim’s age is currently unknown. The police say the investigation is ongoing and the case will be handled in Family Court.
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New York City attorney, who is with a group that handles youth defense cases spoke with the news site and labeled this situation “absurd.”: “Instinctually, it shouldn’t happen that a 7-year-old – I don’t think you even could really realize what you’re doing at 7 years old. So I think it’s absurd to charge a 7-year-old with rape. They’d have to prove he actually physically committed this act, which to me it almost seems to be an impossibility,” Anthony Martone, Queens Defenders, felony youth defense unit director said.
The outlet noted that currently under New York state law, kids aged seven and over can be arrested and prosecuted as juvenile delinquents. A bill pending in Albany would increase the minimum age for being charged as a juvenile delinquent to 12-years-old.
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