... Norway is 15, not 10 as it currently stands in the U.K. I will also be looking at how the trial was conducted in both cases and at the end of this essay, be drawing a conclusion to see how either Jon Venables and Robert Thompson got a fair trial or not, and to see whether or not children who commit serious crimes such as murder, should be allowed to be tried as adults,[Tutor1] Crown court is the higher court of first instance in criminal cases. The crown courts carry out three main types of activity: sentencing of defendants committed from magistrate's courts and trials also appeals from decisions of magistrates. The judges who normally sit in the crown courts are higher court judges. The most serious cases such as murder, rape etc areis allocated to high court judges. Children who commit crimes are tried in youth courts but if they ...

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