The court hearing of Christa Pike is now under way.
Pike’s lawyers are addressing the court at the moment.
The hearing had originally been billed as a press conference.
The Gaurdian's liveblogger is almost certainly reporting this second-hand, most likely based on watching a livestream from some broadcast news channel. They're not actually at the court themselves.
It's interesting that various religions that regulated fitness for marriage used puberty as a marker but we use age as a marker for criminal responsibility.
I don't think there is any real alternative, do you?
The Gaurdian's liveblogger is almost certainly reporting this second-hand, most likely based on watching a livestream from some broadcast news channel. They're not actually at the court themselves.
> experts in children’s brains development have come to recognize that 18 is but an arbitrary line in the sand
It's interesting that various religions that regulated fitness for marriage used puberty as a marker but we use age as a marker for criminal responsibility.
I don't think there is any real alternative, do you?