A young boy aged five years finds his father's loaded gun on his parents' nightstand and he puts the gun in his kindergarten backpack. During recess, he shows his best friend the gun and pulls the trigger. The bullet misses his friend, but kills a custodian who was emptying a trashcan on the playground. Can the boy be charged with a crime?
What will be an ideal response?
The five year old will most likely not be charged with a crime. He is too young to have formed the mens rea required to commit a crime, even though he has committed the actus reus (by pulling the trigger) and harm has resulted. All three elements must be met before a crime can be said to have been committed.
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